Happy Election Day!

God (and the people of Nevada): please save us from Sharron Angle.

And as you await the results of the election, check out the 100 best signs captured at BuzzFeed from John Stewart and Stephen Colbert's  "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" this past weekend. My personal favorite, below, was captured by my own friend and reads "I LOVE MUSLIN (a progressive gauze)."

You Can Vote However You Like

this is pretty cute...

Clusterf#@k to the Poor House

Something Stinks...

After making a surprising request yesterday to postpone Friday's Presidential debate, the McCain campaign announced today that it also hopes to postpone the Vice Presidential debate, which is slated for October 2. Unless a decision on the bailout is reached, McCain wants to debate Obama on the 2nd in place of the Palin-Biden debate.


I don't know about anyone else, but this thing absolutely reeks to me! And I guarantee you the debate schools will be pissed. These events take a full year of planning and millions of dollars to put on.

UPDATE: Ole Miss officials say canceling the debate would be "devastating" to the University and result in a 5.5 million dollar loss. They also say that they would be unlikely to reschedule.

Care to Weigh In?

PBS is conducting a simple poll to find out whether people believe Sarah Palin is qualified to serve as VP. The good people on the right have organized a "yes" campaign--and right now "yes" is winning. What do you think? It takes literally seconds to vote--pass it along when you finish.

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

Baseless Blogger Chatter?

Internet rumors abound about the doomed fate of the Obama-Biden ticket...some sites project that Biden will drop out of the race for "health reasons," giving O the chance to tap Hill. The biggest piece of evidence in the case? An unusual paucity of Obama-Biden gear. Sounds like hogwash to me...but now that they you mention it...I don't know that I have seen much (or any?) of it floating around....

And Another One

I like this tee, too. Proceeds benefit a hardworking screen-printer, I'm guessing.

Sweet Tee

MoveOn.org is offering these Obamafied American Apparel Tees for a $12 dollar donation towards their young-voter registration program. You can tell they're the good soft kind.

Lessons in Circumlocution

Apparently Sarah Palin's had a few.

This from the CNN.com article discussing SP's first open Q&A sesh in Michigan last night:

Asked for "specific skills" she could cite to rebut critics who question her grasp of international affairs, she replied, "I am prepared."

"I have that confidence. I have that readiness," Palin said. "And if you want specifics with specific policies or countries, you can go ahead and ask me. You can play 'stump the candidate' if you want to. But we are ready to serve."

Awks

That's short for awkward. "A" for effort, though.



And for some commentary on the interview, I enjoyed this piece from Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aQZCcugKlf5k&refer=home

For All You Statistics Enthusiasts Out There...

This is actually a really informative and interesting blog tracking election polling:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Seeing Red

An interesting and, I think, even-handed exploration of John McCain's notorious temper. (Personally, I love it because I enjoy anything that gives me a peek at the grit): http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics/story/463107.html

Biden Brings It

National Enquirer: 2 for 2?

"Our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign's vetting process."

A statement from The National Enquirer in response to McCain's threat to sue the tabloid for alleging that Sarah Palin had an affair with her husband's co-worker.

Interesting

A visual breakdown of the Dems and Pubs speeches from the New York Times.

Holy Bajesus

According to Vanity Fair, the ensemble you see worn by Cindy McCain cost $300,000 dollars. Seriously. Srsly. That is roughly 10 times the cost of my student loan debt, which promises to follow me around for the next 15 to 20 years. In. Sane.

Ahh, John Stewart

Ok...

This was pretty cute.

Checking the Facts

This ABC article clarifies a few items from Mrs. Palin's moving speech last night.

And a Little Sugar for the Right

No one can argue with the fact that the leading GOP lay-dees is fine and that Cindy McCain has great LEG.