d day

Looks like weather will be good across most of the country today,
promoting voter turn-out. Good for democracy in general (and
increasing the legitimacy of today's winners), but given Obama's
tremendous lead in early voting, democrats may have preferred a little
more rain (at least in the rural areas of swing states).

NC and VA (both "real" and "fake") will be getting some showers though.
http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp
(Use the "J" and "L" keys to advance the model.)

Also, Starbucks is now giving away a free coffee today to anyone who
wants one. The original plan to provide coffee to voters ran into
problems with federal law on rewarding voters. (
http://www.kirotv.com/news/17885256/detail.html ) Regardless, any "Get
Out The Vote" effort directed to Starbucks customers over WalMart
customers should be helpful to dem's, statistically speaking.

--Mac