"I am disgusted by the baseless allegation that I am a vegetarian and that my personal eating habits should somehow be construed as opposed to the economic interests of Montana's livestock industry."

Grade-A Crazy, get it while it's fresh!

Roy Brown: I am not and have never been a vegetarian

You know, I would have sworn that was an Onion story, but I guess not.

This is good, because I was feeling a definite lack of frantically hitting refresh now that the election is over.

Ha! I know, right? I'm still checking 538 every two seconds. I'm curious to see if he does a post-mortem of the model, since it did underestimate the electoral vote. I wonder if he became more conservative when the numbers started looking so big.

jesse, is there more? Because I was loving what I read earlier this week.

It was up through Chapter 6 last night (the debates).

I thought McCain came off pretty well, actually. I like him better than I did after the Rolling Stone piece.

I mean, I don't want him as President, but he did have a conscience.

The point where I started rooting for Obama instead of just the Democratic party was his speech in response to the Rev. Wright imbroglio. That was masterful and really gave me a better sense of who he was, and how he would govern.

as NPR said though. In Montana beef country, chicken is considered a vegetable.

Does anyone else get a RD,Jr vibe off new CoS Emanuel? RD,Jr: [link]

CoS RE: [link]

Folks - it looks like the big giant hand is feeding the puppies gruel. Looks for a fun, huge mess in moments.

I thought McCain came off pretty well, actually.

From the little I'm getting from the story, I starting to fell like, despite his age and experience, that he was a bit like Robert Redford's character in 'The Candidate'. It's nice to know that the McCain I liked in 2000 was still around. OTOH, I really don't want a guy who let two campaigns get away from him running the country.

The point where I started rooting for Obama instead of just the Democratic party was his speech in response to the Rev. Wright imbroglio.

I really like Obama's style, even if I don't agree on everything he wants to do.

As someone who is almost exactly one year younger than Obama (one year and one day, to be exact), I'd call him technically a Baby Boomer chronologically but not one in spirit. The early '60s are a transition period.

I thought McCain came off pretty well, actually.

If he and the White House had behaved all along as they've behaved during the last 72 hours (or maybe 60 is more accurate), we might be talking about President-Elect McCain.

If he and the White House had behaved all along as they've behaved during the last 72 hours (or maybe 60 is more accurate), we might be talking about President-Elect McCain.

I get the feeling that, while McCain really *did* want to be POTUS, he didn't want to *run a campaign.* He just wanted it to happen magically. Because -- at least this is my impression from the Newsweek special -- his attitude towards his campaign was capricious and just plain weird, and he let his campaign staff, especially that crapweasel Steve Schmidt, take the campaign and run with it (and run it into the ground).

If McCain had campaigned the way Obama did, it would have been a close race.

But the thing is, that's the point. McCain *couldn't* have campaigned like Obama, because that's just who he is. The way Obama campaigned is indicative, I think, of how he'll govern, and the same is true for McCain.

Every so often, I have to say, out loud "President Barack Hussein Obama." Or just "President Obama." And then I grin like an idiot and start to tear up. I want to shout it out my window when driving.

Honestly, it still hasn't totally sunk in for me yet. I keep feeling like it's still campaign season. Like I can't stop worrying yet.

And then I hear someone on NPR say "President-Elect Obama," and I just grin and bounce in my seat.

Just when I thought I wouldn't cry over the election anymore...

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