Oh Kat, what a day! I hope Grace gets settled soon. We are heading out of town today, but let me know if I can drop something by for you. We're close after all.

Politics scare me, particularly the seeming disconnect from reality and the blatant lies and distortions. I'll be honest, I fear bloodshed and civil unrest, but my husband discounts it.

According to Five Thirty Eight, Romney has a 1% chance of winning Massachusetts, a 5% chance of winning New Jersey, and a 9% chance of winning Michigan.

According to Five Thirty Eight, Romney has a 1% chance of winning Massachusetts, a 5% chance of winning New Jersey, and a 9% chance of winning Michigan.

See, reality-based facts can cheer me up.

My love for Tom Scola is over 100%

See, reality-based facts can cheer me

Commie

Kat, I hope you get things worked out soon, and that Grace gets all of the care she needs and none of the care she doesn't.

I am having trouble convincing myself I should go to work, even though it's a short day.

According to Five Thirty Eight, Romney has a 1% chance of winning Massachusetts, a 5% chance of winning New Jersey, and a 9% chance of winning Michigan

That is 100% good news!

Clint's Chair has a Twitter feed

According to Five Thirty Eight, Romney has a 1% chance of winning Massachusetts, a 5% chance of winning New Jersey, and a 9% chance of winning Michigan

I'm going to have to restart my Five Thirty Eight obsession, aren't I? It's the only way I'm going to make it through the next 9 weeks.

They are convinced the Mitt/Paul team have blown Florida and won't get the senior vote.

I hope they are right.

My fear is that one of the commentators is correct. The theory is that most people already made up their minds a while ago. The few that didn't will decide based on the hideous ads playing in prime time while they watch their favorite shows. They don't read newspapers or watch news channels. Those people already decided.

That is my theory also. I think the majority of people don't read/watch news except for what bolsters their own already-firm beliefs, and their beliefs are based solely on what Daddy, their preacher, and the ads on TV said. Very few people will change their minds at this point.

Someone please tell me politics in this country will eventually get better.

I wish I could. I don't know if the country is really becoming more and more divided and less and less tolerant, or if the huge gulf between competing ideologies that always existed has become more visible, probably as a consequence of having a black president.

Chris Christie could bring in NJ for him.

Not living in NJ for a while, but I don't see Christie being popular enough to change people's minds all by himself.

Sullivan says that the Republicans just need to be out of power long enough and they'll be forced to be sane in order to win elections again. Hopefully that will happen.

Or, they could win this election by being not-sane.

Five Thirty Eight cheered me up! Steph, looks like I'll be camping out there with you for the next couple months.

InvisibleObama also has a Twitter feed.

Or, they could win this election by being not-sane.

Yeah, the downside to not-sane political parties.