I got an email this morning from my Brother-In-Law with the link to Electoral-vote.com. Last time I looked at this site was on the eve of the 2004 presidential election. When tracking the election there, I thought there was a good chance for regime change based on this amalgamated polling data. (It really is a cool and informative site.) We all know how that turned out – so call me skeptical this time that these polls are any more accurate than the polls cited in 2004. I’m hopeful that we’ll see change (and I don’t mean the red blue change on the map – I mean real change regardless of party) this year where we can get back to core American values of honesty, integrity, fiscal responsibility, charity, and leadership at home and abroad. The past few years have been very costly in a number of dimensions. I do, however, want to go on record as saying I don’t think Democratic control of the Congress is “the fix” – whomever gains control needs to actually do something (and I don’t mean spend time on who their colleagues would like to sleep with.)

Here are a few more related tidbits just because. Post election, let’s revisit to see what degree of accuracy each represents:

• Approval of Congress at All Time Low (16% approve)
• Ohio can break Republican control
• Debate assertion that Bush has a “secret” plan to end Iraq war
• D.C.’s Political Report and Polls (like Electoral Vote)

Finally, November 7th, whatever your political views, get out and vote. It does make a difference. If you don’t vote, you don’t have any right to complain when things go pear shaped.

Ohio State’s 2006 record: 7-0 Next up: Indiana 10/21
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