Reporting from France | More from Nov. 2, Paris Watching BBC-World, holding vigil. It's close to midnight here. Reports over in Europe are that there has been the highest voter turnout in 40 years. There are lots of scenes of long lines at the polls. I don't think this is any kind of show of popularity for war. Yaz Boland is sitting here on watch with me and she's insisting that all those people coming out voting are the same ones who marched against the war in February of 2003 and at the Republican National Convention. I can tell you that if I were a campaign manager for the Democrats, I would feel very good about the turnout. I didn't see any massive pro-war marches outside the Democratic National Convention. We are watching a BBC segment about families who have lost children to hostage situations, and it's obvious that this would be considered "biased journalism" on any American television station. After all, it's real evidence of pain being caused by this war. Ah, somebody changed the channel. Now we're watching a CNN report live from here in Paris that says 70% of the French want boot Bush. And they reported that Kerry won by a two to one margin in the straw poll at Harry's Bar, where Americans gather to watch the election results come in. The question is: these people currently in power have shown they will stop at nothing. What makes us think they're going to play by the rules now? Let's keep watching. There's a long way to go, and a long way to the Libra occultations of Venus, Mars and Jupiter by the moon that happen next week. My current prediction is that whatever happens tips on that. Back in a bit. Any readers who feel like calling -- you're welcome to drop a ring to 001 33 1 4329 0834. That's the exact number to dial from the United States.