I'm so proud...

...of my home state, Nebraska. You see, I think Nebraska has it all figured out in terms of awarding electoral votes... Read more here, and I think you'll see what I mean. The irony, of course, is that Nebraska rarely doesn't vote Republican across the board (for the president, at least), so this great system of allocated electoral votes normally doesn't make a difference in total. But this time it did! I'm thankful Barack was the clear cut winner this election, and we don't have to deal with the same scrutiny that took place in 2000 & 2004, but I still believe that there are still elections reforms needed, allocated electoral votes included!

I wrote a paper about this very topic back in late 2000 for my freshman English class...I should see if I can find it, and post it up here.

I think this pretty much sums it up...

...the Bradley effect appears to be gone, but is there now a Palin factor?

I Voted!

Well, I did it the lazy way - absentee ballot that Steve can drop off @ the polling place for me as an authorized member of my household.

Really, though...I think a lot of us are just relieved that it will be over tonight...hopefully!

On a side note, you should be able to drop into Starbucks for coffee, Krispy Kreme for a donut & Baskin Robbins for ice cream if you have your "I Voted" sticker! Though, apparently in Cali, these companies can't be seen as coercing you to vote, so I think anyone can go get a special treat at these places!