This is reassuring. I'm going to a big Kerry meetup tonight in North Jersey, and the buzz everyone is spreading is: popular vote, popular vote -- the feeling everywhere is, the popular vote may be in landslide figures. Blue states will be darker blue than ever before, and even in red states, blue voters will turn out in droves. My gut feeling is: that's the story on election night and beyond -- the record long lines at booths, and the Democratic votes that they predict. As for the electoral college, let's all keep our fingers crossed.
But though I don't presume to guess the outcome of the election, I feel sure that there can be no popular vote 'mandate' for G. W. Bush. The A.B.B.backlash has not abated in recent weeks, and for many, W's debate performances and the spin afterward poured gasoline on the fire. No one offended by this regime 6 months or a year ago feels LESS so now--and they will NOT stay home on Tuesday.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 10/28/04 at 08:35 AM