Long Night

Ugh! It is most inconvenient for residents here in Fast Food Nation to have to deal with the chronological curveballs that time zones and lawsuits throw us on election night. So far only 15 percent of returns have come in. No real surprises at this point, except that even though our country has had to endure a long swim in the toilet as a result of this administration's incompetency the election is still very close.

My impressions at this point are as follows:

I may have overestimated the tendency for newly registered voters to cast their vote for Kerry.

I may have underestimated just how slimy Republicans can be with regard to litigious voter repression in Ohio.