Night Before Election
This is the best graphic I've seen for understanding how close the election is going to be. The New York Times is giving the edge to Kerry right now. If I wasn't feeling like hell, I'd been at a rally somewhere like the Obama thing at the Allegro Hotel. Maybe tomorrow night?

This is a bit late, but if you are not in Chicago, you might not know that the charismatic and articulate Barack Obama is having to run against right-wing zealot Alan Keyes, who was flown in by the hapless Illinois Republicans from Maryland to run. Obama is a law professor who's been in Chicago for years. Carpetbagger Keyes has been good for entertainment value at least. He called Dick Cheney's daughter "a selfish hedonist" on the radio which was interesting considering that Keyes himself has a 19-year old gay daughter named Maya. Keyes also believes in conscription (mandatory military service) and called Obama a "socialist and a liar." Keyes will probably scare some moderates away from the Republicans (and possibly away from Bush). Does that mean the Dems can consider Illinois safe territory for years to come?

The last minute suburban race attack ads running tonight are too funny.