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... And you should too! I stood in line for about an hour and actually loved it. YES WE CAN!






A couple of things of note. First of all, I fell asleep last night relieved. Not only becuause fivethirtyeight.com has Barack's win percentage at over 98% for the first time, but also because what I thought would happen never happened. The republicans never mounted an all out attack. There was no major last-ditch effort at reviving the Jeremiah Wright story, or Barack Hussein chants, or any noteworthy 13th-hour attempt at swaying the voters back to McCain.

He has, it seems, thrown in the towel. Less than 2% of voters woke this morning still undecided, and even if 70% of those people vote for McCain -- which is unlikely -- Obama will still win both the popular and electoral college votes, making him the first minority president in our country's history.

I will offer more thoughts and insight as the day goes on, but I wanted to quickly update on the weather in some key states:







Summary: Let's hope afternoon rain in Philly and Harrisburg doesn't keep blue votes away today. McCain's chances look cloudy in Florida, but a bit of "hope sunshine" might just be breaking through. Morning rain in North Carolina... maybe it'll wash away any chances of a republican comeback there. The weather looks great in Missouri: "Show me" a victory for Barack, baby! Wind and rain in Montana might just blow the ol' Maverick's chances outta there.

Recap: McCain needs to win Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, and Montana. If he drops any of those states, it's pretty much over.

Get out and vote!