Most commentators are predicting an Obama win on election day. Question is whether to what degree will his election be decisive. Most of the predictions fall around the 320 electoral votes range. The caveat in that prediction is that many of the electoral votes will come from states that he will eked out a narrow win like in North Carolina and Florida.

Tonight, we expect a nice turnout at our house for Halloween. Unlike our previous home, we are in a neighbourhood with plenty of children around. So for a change, the light will be on for our home with the jack o’lantern that I carved out last night to lead the way.

Everything is now to the final days. Signs are good that Barack Obama will win this thing but you can never tell what may happen in the future even in the next few days.
If anything else, I might sleep a bit better after all of this is over.

… and I am glad. I think it must have fallen nearly a dollar in the past month and has been plentiful for several weeks since the hurricane in the Gulf knocked out supplies for three weeks.
We can get gas now for $2.59/gallon of regular grade. At the summer peak, I was paying $3.89/gallon. [...]

One of the things many people hope for today is that when they stop working, their retirement will be a comfortable one at least in terms of paying everyday bills. The foreign travel or golfing everyday will be the icing on the cake so to speak. Many people of my parent’s generation had the benefit [...]

How soon will the networks and other media call the Presidential election? If certain states are considered to be key to either of the two candidate’s chance of victory for the day, it is conceivable that we may know the result as early as 7:30pm EST.
Why is this so?
Using the Greenpapers.com site and its collection [...]

I wrote a prior post on the local outlook of the upcoming election and I received some feedback on the current state of the congressional race in District 5 between Virginia Foxx and Roy Carter. Apparently the race is tighter than most people expect it to be.
Perhaps it is. There is some polling to suggest [...]

Well, you know it is autumn when every morning you go out and see the car covered in frost. A bit warmer this morning than yesterday so no scraping required but I will have to settle in a new routine of getting the car ready for the day.
So the old sheets and blankets made for [...]