what to watch on Nov 2: The Weather Channel

I predict the outcome of many races will come down to the weather on November 2nd; if it's a fair weather day, GWB will be coming home to Crawford. Republicans are better organized and vote early; it's well-known that Democrats won't vote when it rains.

There's lots of brush to clear on the back 40 in Crawford, and I know Miss Laura would be happy to have George's help around the ranch (keeping the terrorists from making off with the cattle and the eggs).

Every time I've gone to the Early Voting location, I see a long line. As in years past, Dallas County is using electronic voting machines (these are different than prior years). I've heard stories of "helpful" poll workers assisting people in voting, but if you've ever used a touchscreen anything before, it's not much of a challenge. The new ones make good use of color, and there's a final screen to make sure your votes go where you wanted them to go. The only downside: no paper trail (although the machines have battery backup, so even if there's a power failure, my vote should be preserved).

When Gene-Bob becomes King, there will be a practice voting machine in every precinct. You'll be given a list of things to vote for, and then you can't vote on a real machine until you've successfully scored 100% on the practice machine.

In his "Americans Are Stupid" series, Karl Rove unleased more of his scare-tactic ads (today) on the flip-flop states (reminiscent of Reagan's 1984 "bear in the woods" ad), so .. anything could happen.

Finally, it's just amazing that people don't learn from recent history: expect a repeat of Karl Rove's disgusting "whisper campaign" which doomed John McCain in 2000. McCain is such a quandary; I used to respect him, but his inability to Do The Right Thing (versus back the nominee who backstabbed him) baffles me. Then again, maybe McCain's following the advice from The Art of War: "Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer" and will surprise us with some choice revelations on Halloween?