Photographic evidence!

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A reader writes to Sullivan:

I thought I'd pass on an anecdote about my daughter and other kids I've come into contact with during this ungodly long election cycle.

I voted for McCain in the primary. As a political reporter and columnist in Michigan, I have the news on in our house with some frequency. That's how my now 6-year-old got to know Barack Obama. And she loved him. She asked to tag along when I went to cover his events. Maybe it's the smile, the calmness. But she felt very assured by the idea of this man being president, long before I was ready to switch my vote. She was the one trying to convince her grandparents to vote Obama last winter.

And I've found that Obama has the same effect on lots of kids, whether they come from liberal or conservative homes. He is a rock star with the under 10 crowd, believe me. And I have to say, as a journalist, I found their reactions fascinating in light of both the race debate and the fact that kids tend to be carbon copies of their parents. So that Scholastic poll doesn't surprise me at all.

So the next time you see a kid with an Obama shirt, she just might have asked for it for her birthday, like mine, instead of having it foisted upon her by overbearing parents.

Huh. Weird.

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You know, lately I've just been avoiding posting stuff about racist Republican ads and whatnot, but this is just so offensive: [link]

According to the election analysis site FiveThirtyEight.com, some Pennsylvanians have complained about a robocall that impersonates Barack Obama and includes racial epithets:

That's all I'm going to quote....

Re: Brenda's question, here's a site with all 50 states' absentee/early voting rules: [link]

It is on! they don't come out until 11 so you'll have to Stay Out Late.

I thought that was a given.

I have to say, Barack Obama is just FUN to say when you are a toddler: [link]

One of my students just sent me a text message stating Claire's at the mall has a ton of Halloween jewelry on sale and that a bunch of it was bat jewelry. Then she sent me a text saying she got me the last bat necklace like "Lily Munseter's" and would bring it to me on Monday. She said it was to thank me for helping her with her audition pieces.

It's the kids like that that help make the school slightly tolerable.

The grilled cheese cart is AWESOME! Plus I love the fact that they have a band, complete with accordion.

ION, trying to use the vacuum cleaner when you have vertigo? BAD idea. I hit the floor twice. The Boy is a little mad.

In my defense, I *thought* I was okay, and the house was REALLY FURRY.

Eep! Don't do that, Steph.

I'm banished to the couch right now, eating cheese and crackers, with instruction to NOT MOVE until The Boy gets back from Auto Zone and the bakery.