CNN's electoral map has 8 tossup states. If the two that went to Kerry in 2004 (MI and NH) go to Obama, he still needs 6 electoral votes.

Remaining toss-up states: CO FL OH MO VA NV (only 5 electoral votes)

How much would I love Virginia to go Democrat? Very much.

Mostly, I'm really tired of elections coming down to Florida and Ohio.

Mostly, I'm really tired of elections coming down to Florida and Ohio.

Amen.

I think this one will come down to Ohio.

I have to say, living where I do (in Virginia, no less, although I'll grant you it's the most rural white hunting part of Virginia), I'm feeling less-than-optimistic about this election. I really wish that at some point we'd managed to break the Republican we're-just-like-you-and-they're-not aura, because it's going to be a huge issue this time. I think.

Mostly, I'm really tired of elections coming down to Florida and Ohio.

Amen.

Ohio, REPRESENT!!!

Er, which is to say, I live here, and I agree totally with you.

I *think* Ohio will go Obama, but that doesn't guarantee that the results won't be fucked up by Diebold or whatever their new name is.

I know this makes me sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist, but I totally believe that Kerry took Ohio in 2004 but Diebold and goddamn evil-ass Ken Blackwell threw it for BushCo.

I know this makes me sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist, but I totally believe that Kerry took Ohio in 2004 but Diebold and goddamn evil-ass Ken Blackwell threw it for BushCo.

You are not alone.

ION, McDonald's iced vanilla latte tastes like ass. I'm not sure if I'm disappointed in the taste or the fact that I expected it NOT to.

And I saw Jessica Simpson on the View this morning. She tried singing some torchy country song a la Faith Hill or Leann Rimes. Jess just doesn't have the pipes. It was cringe worthy.

I *think* Ohio will go Obama, but that doesn't guarantee that the results won't be fucked up by Diebold or whatever their new name is.

You may not want to read this then [link]

Probably belongs in a seperate post but what-the-hay:

Happy Birthday Trudy!

Until it's cool to be be educated in this country, and not an aw-shucks good ol' boy, we're going to have problems with "those smart people are trying to bamboozle you! They're not like us!"

It's very saddening.

But Trudy's birthday is not saddening at all.

In infuriating non-election news ...

I think I've posted about my efforts to get the city to control, in some way, the Segway tours that are running wild on the sidewalks. I've been contacting people since JUNE 17. That was when I found out it was illegal for them to run on the sidewalks at all, much less forcing pedestrians off the walks and otherwise endangering them. I've had people from two separate agencies say they'd contacted the tour company managers ... but the tours run, just as dangerously, and when I've talked to the tour leaders they insist they're allowed to use the sidewalks.

Yesterday I got a PDF of amendments to the law that will require registering and licensing Segways, but still prohibits running them on the sidewalk in this section of town. Then I got a phone call from yet another person saying they'd be doing some education of the Segway tour companies to let them know what they can do. Today he copied me on an e-mail to the manager of one of the companies - he said he'd had one complaint of dangerous operation at one location ... and he got the location wrong.

I am ready to go on a rampage - at what point do they determine a law is worthy of being enforced? and what's the point of having a law if it's not enforced? It's probably going to take someone being either injured or killed for anything to happen.

f*ckers