The campaign drags on...forever

You naively thought this whole campaign simply ended with election night. No, my sweet sweet children, it did not. You forgot about runoffs, recounts, and the apparently unending process of counting all 20 votes in Alaska. This election is going to last forever. John McCain is even back out there again, campaigning his ass off. I'm not sure if he had a complete mental break and thinks it's mid-October or if he realizes it's November, but he's out in Georgia stumping for Saxby Chambliss in his runoff against Jim Martin. He's hoping to bring that Mondale McCain magic to ole Saxby, so the Sax Machine doesn't have to resort to his usual tactics of running ads comparing his opponent to terrorists, dictators, and Northern abolitionists.

Jim Martin has also asked begged P-E Obama to come down and campaign for him. Also, to go back in time and get the black turnout he had and bring it to the present. For his part, Obama has sent down a team of 100 organizers in an attempt to bask Martin in reflected glory. There's even talk of bringing back America's Dumb Rural Aunt, Sarah Palin, down to Georgia to pick up a few clothes, get sandbagged by the Chambliss campaign, and accuse Martin of palling around with people who pal around with terrorists. That is if she can take time out of her schedule of giving interviews trying to dissuade the populace that all the stuff that sounds completely in character and totally true about her....isn't. The re-vote goes off December 2.

The article also breaks the news the in Alaska, Mark Begich has won about 62% of the absentee/questioned/early votes so far. He only has to win 52% to beat the Hulkster. Look for them to actually finish the first round of counting by the time Minnesota finishes it's 9th recount. The 2008 election will never end.