At 8 p.m., CNN confirms the exit polls that showed predictable routs: McCain wins Connecticut and Illinois. Romney wins Massachusetts.

Obama wins Illinois, Clinton wins Oklahoma.

UPDATE: Going to Massachusetts for a campaign event was, in retrospect, a pretty dumb and pointless move on McCain’s part.

I can foresee Team Mitt’s talking point. “We won our homestate in a landslide. How’s yours?”

Alternatively, “Boy, how did those Boston Globe and Herald endorsements work out for ya, McCain? That Arizona Republic endorsement really rakin’ in the votes?”

ANOTHER UPDATE: It took about ten minutes for the networks to confirm it, but McCain wins New Jersey.

Clinton carries Tennessee.