Think about it. People care about things like the Electoral College, Popular Vote, Electors, Samuel B. Tilden, and Doris Kearns Goodwin. I finally get to use my polisci geekdom for good rather than to annoy, even if I did have to explain "butterfly ballot" and 270 to my students five times today. They didn't want to do the decline and fall of Rome (OK, neither did I) they were actually intellectually curious. As a H.S. SS teacher, you take what you can get. Also, now I get to show a balanced electoral map for future reference, not the classic Mondale "stomped like a narc at a biker rally" map of 1984. ("Here you can clearly see that the people of the District of Columbia know who they wanted.") So, now we play the waiting game, which is you all know sucks and we have now moved on to play Hungry Hungry Hippos against Jeb Bush, Stephen Ambrose, and George Stephanopolous. Oh, and one more thing. Tim Russert, one of my favorite fellow Irishmen, sitting there last night with dry erase boards like he was back in a college dorm, was my favorite part of the night, other than maybe the punch drunk Tom Brokaw's pontification as to what Al Gore does now. "Hello, Harvard, is that presidency still open? What do you mean you're giving it to Bill?" "Hello, Dreamworks?" Oh also, the Martin and Lewis reunions were less awkward than Bill and Hillary last night on stage in NY? Also, in repose to the Bruce's comments, I had a neat and orderly election here in Livonia. Scantron voting booths, marker pens, cubicles, an election scanner, and a 15-minute wait. I even spotted Jimmy Carter observing things to make sure it was running fairly. That is all...
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