stopped by the site to say hi, and was amused at the prediction made by bil.
i’m taking a political sci. class this semester, and the professor asked us to make educated guesses on the swing states to see who might win the election. i did so, and came out with much the same outcome as bil. if you look at the swing states’ voting records in the past, it looks like kerry will come out on top if the trends continue. thank god. i did, however, give bush ohio, because they seem to love those republicans (though they liked clinton…), plus i felt bad about giving kerry both big states :0). in my opinion, it all comes down to florida, and after the last election’s fiasco i just can’t see bush winning the state (unless he cheats again…)

well, we’ll see what happens in a week. hopefully i won’t be writing from canada next time…

I too have been ignoring it in favor of the Sox. There’s only so much phonebanking you can do, and it’s so much less emotionally taxing to worry about the contest that, cosmic as it may seem, is NOT going to affect the lives of your grandchildren.

Also, at this point, I just can’t imagine what the hell is going to happen. HEre in my little progressive echo chamber of New Haven, CT, where the mayoral election is the Democratic primary and the polls will be quiet and civilized as always, it’s hard to fathom the insanity going down in FL and OH.

P.S.
Gooooo Red Sox!!! too bad I can’t be back north to celebrate

Bush is also an incumbent, which carries alot of weight.

You got that right. We disagree as to whether or not that’s a good thing. Bush’s approval numbers are below 50% in most polls, which is not a good thing for incumbents.