"I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy."

Yikes. Two politics posts in a row? But I got my absentee ballot in the mail yesterday, so you'll have to bear with me.

I love voting. The problem is that I have no idea who to vote for. I'm thoroughly uninspired by the Republican candidates. McCain is ok, but sometimes he just seems tired. I can't stand Romney. Ron Paul's personal politics, such as his stance on abortion, are a little troubling. I think that if I say anything negative about Giuliani I'll have to sleep with my eyes open, so I'll just leave it with no comment. Huckabee's interesting. He wasn't a bad governor in Arkansas, but his religious ties are a bit much. (Interestingly, in an online candidate ranking quiz I got Stephen Colbert as higher that Huckabee. That doesn't say good things about either Mike or the quiz...)

My dream is that Michael Bloomberg will run. God that'd be fantastic. That is a man who understands how to run the country like a business. Sometimes you do need to spend money to make money (welfare is not necessarily a horrible thing). Sometimes leaving people alone is the best option, as nobody likes a telemarketer (let states decide on education laws). He's certainly doing a bang-up job in New York.

Anyway, since that's likely a pipe dream and I'm becoming more and more convinced that we're going to be living in Obama-land in 9 months (that is if the media has anything to say about it), I'll just go back to reading my cupcake blogs and think about the voting conundrum tomorrow. Where is Rhett Butler to haul me up my giant staircase?

“The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.”

I must admit a little part of me was missing the insane news coverage surrounding primary season. CNN's website isn't even working properly, so last night was a tad rough. Then I started to read some blogs about the coverage last night and I was reminded of how incompetent the current cast of cable news commentators is. My favorite blog quote?

"It's a sad day when I find myself agreeing with Pat Buchanan who said that New Hampshire decided to body slam the pundits: 'We practically canonized Obama and said he had been born in Bethlehem. New Hampshire said 'I don't think so.'" Ha!

It is kind of unbelievable how much the mainstream media has seemed to latch onto Obama. I'm no defender of Hillary and generally don't buy into the liberal bias in the media, but come on. I noticed the slant during the coverage of Iowa and it appears most of the pundits had New Hampshire tied up before the election.

Chris Matthews in particular seems to really hate the Clintons. Again from a forum I read: "[Chris] talked about Obama's speech and said he teared up and then looked like he was going to cry while he said Barack must be heartbroken after last night."

Of course this is from someone else's perspective, so it might not be true but I'm going to pretend it is. The great love affair of Chris and Barack. Two men divided by jobs. Distance. Color. But not by Destiny. Dun Dun Dun. Well something has to amuse me during the trainwreck of modern media coverage!

But all of that is negative and this is a blog about happy things! So let's talk about how great Tom Brokaw is. Apparently he sort of laid into Tim Russert and Chris Matthews last night about how reporters need to, you know, report the news and not attempt to create it. That's my inappropriately old news boyfriend. You go Tom! 'O8 won't be the same without you.