The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

I have waited such a long time for this day. I made calls.  I canvassed. I donated time and money.  I argued my case for an Obama presidency to friends and family.  I fought back against smears.  I waited in line for two hours on a Saturday morning in Indiana to cast my vote...which is nothing.  Lines last night in Florida were eight hours long.  I would have stood there througout the night if need be.  It's worth a wait in line to change the world.

By the end of this day, we should know who our next president is. Hopefully our long, long national nightmare is coming to an end.

I do have two pieces of advice for tonight if you are waitching any coverage.  Number One: any time one of the pundants mention an exit poll stick your fingers in your ears and scream la,la,la as loud as possible.  The exit polling today will be wrong. It will reflect who is voting today, but not reflect the totality of the race.  Many people voted early.  I am sure they have thought of ways to deal with that, but I have little faith in it after 2004.  Number two:   watch when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Barack wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory.  My prediction is that he will win Virginia.  I think Georgia would be a stretch, but if he can pull off a win in Indiana...that would be icing on the cake for me!  Without these eastern states McCain doesn't really have a chance since Barack has clear leads in the red states of Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa and Nevada.