Here I am, sitting in Florida. I have to choose between Katherine Harris (R) and Bill Nelson (D). Both are real losers.

I'm hoping that they meet in a head-on crash, at 90 mph, sometime between now and election day...

Eric:
"There's not much communitarianism in me to pander to."

Yeah, that's one of the bummers about not being part of anybody's Base. No one ever goes out of his way to make me feel like a cherished, special, important voter. The only time I felt the love was in 2004, when they told us absentee voters that our ballots might actually, you know, count this time around. Gave me all kinds of warm fuzzies, though since I've always voted anyway, it didn't change my behavior.

BTW, my parents just e-mailed to say that the campaign ads on television these last few weeks have been even worse than usual. I assume they're talking about Santorum-Casey and not our local congressional race?

I am ashamed to admit that I hardly ever watch television, so I can't be sure. However, I do listen to KYW traffic radio, and there are a lot of ads for Lois Murphy, who's screaming so loudly about how awful Gerlach is that she's persuading me. (To vote for Gerlach, of course.)

My ears tend to favor whoever has the loudest silence.