In this case, the people who put an elected Governor in jail as a political prisoner have not suffered anything.

Once Bush Jr is outta town, it's time to bring Rove and Co before the bar of justice. But it must be done in the most responsible manner. Some folks should face charges. Others most certainly should be disbarred.

There were many unique factors about this election, so I'm not certain anyone can make a universal assertion based on what happened last week.

It's an interesting debate, but it won't be settled until we can statistically determine if people without land lines generally have different experiences and therefore hold different political views than people who have land lines. And there's not enough data yet to know one way or another.

In September of 1975, buoyed by anti-Watergate sentiment, the ombiblious Mr Durkin won by 27,000 votes, and spent much of the next six years toasting to his good fortune in the Monocle. But his Senate career was ended in 1980 by Warren Rudman, in the Reagan landslide.

Two things to remember:
1) Poutine is an unspeakably vile combination of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds.

2) Bush won the election.

She completely understands the battlefield, and turns the language of faith into a total B-slap of Liddy Dole.

She stands in front of a bookcase - and in a close-up with the wood in the image of a cross - speaks of her faith. And then, in language that resonates to all Christians and Jews - directly accused Liddy of violating one of the Ten Commandments. Wow! Straight out of Ephysians. Defending herself with the armor of the Lord!

This may seem a bit corny, offensive, or over the top to some folks, but - trust me - it's the only way to defend yourself in Carolina. And it is a nuclear response that has destroyed any hope Mrs Dole had of haning on to her seat.

Stick a fork in her. She's done.

But this is an argument you don't want to have, and it forces you to rise to the bait of the racists.

They want to turn the argument into a "you see, Blacks can say the 'n word' and we can't. And gays can use the noose and we can't."

You say that's not what you're arguing (and, of course, you're technically correct), but that's what the argument becomes. And suddenly white folks - including white racists - can claim victim status or inequality.

And that argument muddies the water for many people, who then say, "well, that effigy of Obama is bad, but there's one of Palin that those gays out in California put up. It's all politics."

Don't you see? It's an argument you don't want to have. Condemn them both equally and leave it at that. Keep the high ground. Win.

A simple DON'T GO THERE should suffice.

Whether it's KKK or gay gay gay, it's wrong to even differentiate.

Politically speaking, you've got your head so far up there, you could do your own colonoscopy.

In fact, the queens in WeHo gave the racist thugs in Kentucky political cover. Thanks, Mary. Thanks, Miss Thing. Now get lost. What you did or started was not only morally wrong, it was the political equivalent of crack smoking dumb!!!

And any survey of early voters that's worth anything MUST be an exit poll. Phone surveys won't cut it, because you miss all the students and others with unlisted numbers or no land line.
And if 60 percent of the early voters in one location are - say - university students, how would you know to skew your telephone model to that fact?

You are right. Pollsters are all over the place on this, because they do not know who to poll this year or how to reach all of those people.
It's more a guessing game than ever.

You seem to mistake the allegedly free market and laissez faire capitalism with the blood and body of Jesus Christ. Sorry, but there ain't nothing divine about the free market.

She can be a bitch. And she can cause such convulsions during corrections as to make democracy and capitalism political impossibilities. Her invisible hand works, but can wield a terrible, swift sword.

Free marketeers now face the sad dilemma that an earlier generation of fools faced in the 1950's. Those were the Communists in the west who - when confronted with the failure and barbarity of Marxism in practice - came to the inescapable truth that their God - Marxism - was dead - or, at least, a fraud.

Truth is, Teddy boy, there aren't unlimited free markets. The major players are too few, too big, and often all-powerful. They span international borders.

And unless governments put restraints on those players, the people of the world are at their mercy - and the mercy of their greed. And events like those of the past month are the harvest of what the unregulated markets have sown.

That's because there IS no voter registration for NoDaks. You simply show up on election day, show your ID, and vote. So they put their national people to work elsewhere during registration season. There was no reason to pound the pavement in Lisbon or Mandan or heaven knows where back in August or September.

Now that registration is over most everywhere else, it's time to saturate the Fargo-Moorhead TV market...and bring back folks to help the locals.

If they win Nevada and North Dakota, they don't have to win any of the other red battleground states. It's a terrific insurance policy, and the 50 state strategy means exactly that. You show up and fight in all 50 state. And that way, if an opportunity like NoDak turns up, you can pivot quickly and take advantage.

You all can keep your ludefisk and lefse. But I'll take the three electoral votes. You betcha!

1) He doesn't own his own business, and doesn't even have a license.
2) He lives in a manufactured home.
3) He thinks Social Security is a terrible thing.
4) His family married into the family of the infamous Charles Keating of the Keating Five (does that make him a McCain relative?)
5) His voter registration has his name misspelled, but since he didn't register this year, he won't be challenged for voter fraud.
6) The only way this bozo will ever start his own business is if Cindy McCain fronts him the money and hires someone to teach him to run it.

Joe the Plumber might not be in favor of redistributing wealth, but he should certainly support redistributing brains. When they were handing them out, he was under the sink, showing buttcrack. And he was badly shortchanged.