as we hold our collective breath...

Plans are underway for the City of Chicago's election night rally for Barack Obama - I heard from a colleague that they have removed mailboxes and trash cans from the city streets. In case people want to blow them up. This is serious shit here, people.

Personally, I am getting the hell out of dodge as soon as I am done with work tomorrow - yes, it is exciting and historic, but either way it goes, there is way too much potential for mayhem, riots, etc. I'd really rather not be around for that, thanks very much. I will be watching the returns from the safety of my suburban home (or Heidi's suburban home actually) with my dry erase board (an homage to Tim Russert, naturally), my blank US maps and red and blue crayons.

Barack Around the Clock...

Don't worry - I had a dream that told me I needed to vote for Obama. (Really. I did. He was in it for a while, too, and later, I also kind of beat up this ex-coworker of mine who was ragging on me about being a democrat & an Italian American. It was some dream!)

This revelation, however, did not stop me from thinking of the video clip below when I heard that Mr. Obama visited Berlin...

Hill no, she won't go!!

So last week the Sun Times printed a headline urging Senator Clinton to drop out of the Presidential race (so much for the impartial writing of the news, huh?). I believe the words emblazoned in the headline were "Give it Up" - I was so tempted to respond to this, but I was not able to put my thoughts down in an eloquent manner, that is, without the liberal use of the word "fuckheads."

Fortunately, a fellow reader put it into words for me:

The best candidate
I'd like to know why you're calling for Sen. Clinton to exit the presidential race. As of today, counting the entire popular vote (that is, the actual people who voted, not some delegate process that few understand and even less approve of), Sen. Obama leads by less than one-half of 1 percent. That's far from a mandate. Sen. Clinton is staying in the race for those of us who believe she's the best candidate -- and there are a lot of us.

Lisa Young, Lincoln Park


I promise I won't veer into political topics very often, but this headline just really pissed me off...