On Feb 6, 7:36�am, Tim wrote:
I went and voted, came home ate some supper and waited for the storms
to come though. He got some pretty stiff winds last night and a lot of
old shedcs got blown over. Good way to clean up the town. I myself
didn't get any damage but plenty did. But nothing of any real threat.
Satalite TV went out. And I really didn't feel like listening to any
eleciton results anyhow. too long and drawn out. Daughter is mome,
sick with mono. and so she and I watched videos till I hit the sack at
about 9:30. This morning, while getting ready for work I turned on the
TV and reception was good, but I scanned Fox, CNN, and about everyone
else and gave that up too. Too many commercials and talking heads.
Never found out anything conclusive.

so, besides not much, what did I miss?

Not much.

With McCain all but sewing up the R nomination, the conservatives will
likely begin a third party campaign. Given a choice between two of
the three moderates left standing, one R and two D's, much of the far
right will pull the handle for "none of the above" and extremism on
either side of the spectrum is difficult to silence.

Should that occur, it would normally hand the election to the D's. I
suspect that anybody launching a third party candidate this year will
be smart enough to fund a fourth as well to split the vote for the
other side.
(In 2004, Nader's petition drive for access to state ballots as well
as no small amount of his actual campaign expenses were funded by a
consultant to the GOP. When questioned about this, Nader didn't even
bother denying it, simply responding "I don't care where the money
comes from". Only thing Nader ever did to act like a real politician.)

So stay tuned, you didn't miss a thing. It's a long, long way from
over.
I'd suggest they get some decent security around Obama from here on
out, but then again I clearly remember a similarly idealistic "threat"
being extinguished in June of 1968.

You think that wind storm last night was something? Just wait for the
stormy conclusion to this year's campaign. It's going to get u,g,l,y.