>> not long afterwards we hear, a, that rove has gone crazy and demanding that the call of florida be revoked. >> people are getting up and walking out of the phone banks in california and i'm getting reports that in orange county people are walking out of the voting lines because they are hearing that the election is over. >> bret: even former democratic strategist bob beckel believes the early call robbed bush of votes in florida's central time zone. >> an hour difference and with the projection being made probably 8,000 to 10,000 votes. >> after the initial call of gore a stream of exit poll data came in from bush's traditional area of strength, the panhandle counties. >> television is changing from being an observer to being an actual participant. i went on cnn, we have a policy here of cnn of calling a state