EMAIL OF THE DAY

“I agree that the Wonkette numbers look out of line a little, but as a Minnesotan I wanted to say a couple of things about press coverage of my state. When people talk about Minnesota becoming a battleground state, they talk about how small Gore’s margin of victory was in 2000, but they neglect to mention that Ralph Nader took 5% of the vote here that year. I guarantee you that Nader will not be the factor he was in 2000 this year.
The other thing that people bring up is that we have a Republican governor. Again, this only gives part of the picture. Our governor was elected with 44% of the vote. The moderate to left split between an independent who was formerly a conservative (for Minnesota) Democrat and a Democratic party hack of a candidate who makes John Kerry seem engaging. I do see a marked shift rightward in Minnesota, but we’re a ways away from completely abandoning the old farmer labor coalition.” Thanks. If any of you have interesting anecdotes voting today, any straws in the wind on the ground, let me know and I’ll post the more interesting ones.