The Tea Leaves

I don't expect Tea Party stalwarts to get the joke.

• Jesse Curtis makes some predictions.
• Pamela Merritt reflects on voter education ... and wolves.
• AlterNet:  Republicans trying to introduce the specter of rigged electronic voting machines.  Er...anyone remember who owns those machines?  And which way Republican Satanic panic voter fraud has been running?
• ETA:  Speaking of voter fraud--Echidne of the Snakes on the threats to democracy from both sides.
• Some quotes on the election, from Anna van Z.
• Something Obama should be promoting.
• Ohio voting problems.
• "God bless the people who stand on lines for simple justice..."  (Florida early voting.)
• No More Mister Nice Blog:  An inappropriate simile from Peggy Noonan quoting Walker Percy.
• Some pseudo-Seuss for your entertainment.
• Why stolen elections matter.  ("Stollen" elections come down to which filling you prefer.)

  Which candidate gets your vote is not our concern here. As Americans, we agree on one thing: all citizens must have their right to a ballot and to have it counted. In the long run, our one best hope for a sustainable future is the power of an fully enfranchised people.

Extra credit For future reference:  Article in AlterNet about understanding the South.  (It reads like special pleading to me, but I could just be twitchy today.)

ETA:  Why activism is ineffective (because I just saw it.  There's a lot of stuff at AlterNet, and I don't always jump on intriguing titles).