Random post on the election this year - amusingly, I don't think I've said anything about it. In part, this is because I'm not excited about it. Obama has been a mixed bag, but of course the Republican candidate is completely unacceptable to me. I live in a solidly red state, so my vote won't count anyway. That said, all indications seem to be that Obama will win this one. I heard a podcast today that suggested that the economy is doing well enough to be a plus at this point, albeit a slight plus. I find that unbelievable, but then again the outliers on the 'poor' and 'unemployed' side influence my opinion more than, apparently, many people. Also, for the first time in a long time, Democrats are leading on muscular foreign policy. Combine this with a basically nonstop flow of bad Romney news and you get a conclusion that is, barring an unexpected debate performance this evening, unstoppable.