Help me Wolf Blitzer! You're my only hope!

In case you missed it on Election Day, here's CNN's Jessica Yellin talking to Wolf Blitzer...

...via hologram.

I was the first one in the newsroom to notice it (everyone else was watching ABC's coverage), and my initial reaction was to point at the screen and search desperately for words. Exact quote: "Oh my -- what are they -- is that -- no, it can't be...a hologram?!?!"

The assembled producers and reporters at first found it hilarious and made the necessary Star Wars references, but within minutes the prevailing mood was: "my god, we need one of those. Now."

We so, absolutely do.