The gang's all here. . .

(The downtown Columbus Athenaeum conference center before TV trucks arrived.)

Polls don't close for more than two-and-a-half hours, but television satellite trucks -- at least two dozen of them -- already circle Columbus' political ground zero for Election Night.

Huge TV trucks line East Broad Street just outside Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's offices, as well as the Columbus Athenaeum, an old brick banquet hall where Sen. Hillary Clinton plans to camp tonight to view election returns.

Crabby reporters were stranded in a cold drizzle for about 45 minutes as Secret Service and police did their security sweep at the Athenaeum.

"I've never seen Columbus like this,'' said one passerby.