Day November 5, 2002

Why the Democrats did badly tonight There’s little discernable difference between the parties. Given Republicans and timid little mice pretending to be Republicans, voters have chosen Republicans. Harsh words? Hey in the 60’s, Democratic Senators actually made loud angry speeches…

Poll working Whew, I was a poll inspector today, heading of a team of four pollworkers in a precinct in Encino, California.  A loooong day. 6:30 AM to 9 PM.  And what a convoluted process Calfornia has for processing the…

Update It’ll be a long night. No one is putting much faith in exit polls or Voter News Service. So that means, wait for the votes to be counted.

Vote! Posting may be spotty here today until late. I’ll be a pollworker at my local precinct from 7 AM – 8 PM, then on to at a party at Donna Warren’s (Green Party candidate for Lt. Gov) office. LA…

Yemen missle strike When a Hellfire laser-guided missile screamed out of an unmanned Predator drone and straight into a car carrying Qaed Sinan Harithi on Sunday, the United States may have violated international law, or it may not have. The…