it begins....again...

So, here we go again. Attentive and not-so-attentive readers alike may have noticed I haven't been posting here lately. I blame the reading of books, a deliberate choice to spend less time online, and the fact that my  response to most things Republicans now say in public has been moderate to copious nausea. It's hard to form cogent counterarguments with that little bit of vomit in the back of your mouth.

Yuck.

Also, since I've been away, Blogger has changed it's interface and I have no idea if this post will actually appear anywhere. Or in what format. It's crazy. I hate it when the interfaces to free internet services change slightly. I'm mildly outraged. Mildly, I say!

To tide you over, until the true crazy begins, check out (as usual) electoral-vote.com for the skinny. There's politics and math--what fun! Remember, most pundits have no idea what they're talking about (e.g. 'Clinton/Giuliani 2008'). The electoral-vote.com guy is different. Because of the power of math!

My prediction: both candidates will come out in support of Good Things and in opposition to Bad Things. Definitions of 'Good' and 'Bad' may differ slightly. Rank hypocrisy will blend with heartbreaking compromises and furious debate into a knock down, drag out Democracy Superbowl, which I will follow with borderline obsessiveness, in order to distract myself from my growing suspicion that the results will be determined predominantly by economic factors, and that all the talk that makes up the Democracy Superbowl is about as relevant to the final outcome as the Halftime Show.

Too pessimistic? I'd throw in some jokes later. Promise!