Thirteen months ago, Keven Drum (then of Calpundit, now blogging at Washington Monthly), posted a shocking piece quoting extensively from the official party platform of the Texas GOP: The New Model Republican Party. Is this what we’re in for? I don’t think so, but I won’t be surprised. Republicans are great at gradualism, at getting a tiny foothold in an area of legislation and using that as the this wedge to open up huge gaps in public policy.

I was speechless yesterday. It won’t last for long, but what was there to say yesterday? I was as shocked as anyone. The culture of denial is stronger than ever, and getting stronger. How does one argue against that?

Jason at QDN correctly identified that CNN’s Election results page is the state of the art this year. go and click around – it’s clearly a great resource for junkies like me who follow this stuff in minute detail. Check out the county breakdowns for each state!

Over in Cafe Utne a group of us made Electoral College result predictions yesterday. My prediction was a relatively comfortable 311-227 victory for Kerry. You can use this map to do your calculations. What’s your prediction?