The New York Times lays it out

Good morning, all - I know this is hard to see, but just at first glance and judging from the colors, you get the idea on which way the political winds are blowing. To get a better view, click on the map and it will redirect you to an article on New York Times Website, where you can view the map in adequate resolution.

Well, the gist of it is that it's looking good for the Democrats, but I'm counting no chickens yet. But, the map is a good roundup of what to expect on Tuesday.

If you really are poll crazy and want to look at some races in your individual state, I'd recommend you go to http://www.electoral-vote.com/ (you can see the projected make-up of both Houses of Congress on the right of my blog). I went to this site every single day during the '04 campaign - it ended up being pretty damn close to what the actual election turned out to be, too. And it doesn't seem to have much of a slant, either - it uses polls for objective sources (or as close to objective as one can get, I suppose). What I mean by that is that it doesn't use polls from individual campaigns - it relies on the polling services like Zogby and many university polls.

Anyway, lots more to come today ~ I know I promised lots yesterday, but I got sidetracked in the late afternoon, then I came home and fell asleep early. But, Sunday is devoted to listening to Meet the Press, Face the Nation, many political podcasts, and writing! (Can anyone say information overload?!?) But, like I wrote here yesterday and like I told Vandra, this is like the Super Bowl of politics, except it only happens every two years, so it's a pretty big deal to me.

And, I'd argue it should be a pretty big deal to us all. Yes, yes, yes, I know, many think that politics doesn't affect them, or they are bored and/or sick of it all. In many respects, I'm a bit tired of it, too, but I'd counsel you to muddle through it, get to the polls and make an informed decision. I'm going to stop qualifying some of my remarks with "I don't mean to be preachy," because this is my blog, and I do mean to be preachy, I suppose. I just hope I'm not doing it in an obnoxious way, but sometimes I guess I am.

Well, I'll stop blabbering and get on with it. I have a great video I'm posting shortly - it gave me goosebumps the first time I watched it. Polls open here in Philadelphia in about 49.5 hours. It's about 5:30 a.m. here, and I'm wide awake after falling asleep early last night, so my fingers are dancin' on the keyboard as I down Dr. Peppers and come to life.

Hey GOP, can you smell what the donkey's cookin'?