Don't think it was so much desperate as you don't want to make an early call on the presidency without being sure. They acknowledged that they didn't really see

Don't think it was so much desperate as you don't want to make an early call on the presidency without being sure. They acknowledged that they didn't really see a path, but wanted to get specific info in (like absentee ballot numbers) first before making the official call. Some states still haven't been calling half a day later.