Probably, let's see what the baby VP runner does Thursday.  She should bow out now but that's wishful thinking.

The election is not over until

I cast my vote. I will let you know after that.
And there is no god.

I honestly don't see how he can pull it out, but miracles happen once in a while. At this stage, i am without any hope at all for any victory, house, senate and white house.

To be 100% honest with you wormwood, i think a good beating would do us more good than harm. We need to take a serious beating so we can purge the party from all the religious wackos (sorry i can't stand them) and we need to go back to the basis: good stewardship of taxpayers money, rational foreign policy, strong defense. For god's sake, we need a new Goldwater or more people like Congressman Ray Lahood to stand up (i am waiting for Jindal or Crist to run in 2012 or 2016). We need someone who stands tall and tell Pat Robertson and Dobson and their crazy followers to stop blackmailing the party, get in line with the program or get the fuck out it. What are they going to do? Vote for the democrats?  What we have now is a coalition that is no longer sustainable. We also need to open up the party for more folks. At St. Paul, we looked like a retirement home in Florida. The demographics are against us and that is usually a bad sign.

will win.

First, my Mom, 85 years old and a life long Democrat. She lives in L.A. a bastion of liberals. Yes she will vote for Obama. I try to avoid political discussion w/her as they tend to get a bit heated, but she mentioned that many of her senior citizen friends, and all are Democrats, (who isn't in West L.A.) will vote for McCain. Why? Obama is too liberal. Obama is black. Obama doesn't have experience, etc..etc..etc. White senior citizens in California vote in big numbers, and they always  vote for Democrats, but not this time.

Second, my daughter, 20 years old and a junior at a California University. We all know that Obama needs the youth vote to win. I asked my daughter about the interest in Obama at her university, and without question it's high. I mean really, what Universities have rallies for Republicans. Then I asked my daughter if they will get out and vote. She laughed, and said, "Dad, they are away from home, do you really think they are smart enough to fill out an absentee ballot? Dad, they are focused on their classes. Once classes are done, they are off to parties to drink. Dad, did the youth vote come out in the last election? Guess what, they won't come out this time either."

Like I said, I don't have any scientific polls, just what I hear in the streets. I do find it interesting that Democrats have a higher number of registered voters than Republicans, but at the end of the day, Democrats just don't vote in the same numbers like Republicans. It's just a fact.

And after prefacing my statement that way, I'll say, no, but I've never thought there was a chance McCain would win, and now I still don't.