Mrs. Sneed announced that she hates people that decide the race is over three weeks before the election. She means me, I think, but Merle Wayne calls them as he sees them. always has, always will. The latest Gallup Poll shows Obama with a 49% to 47% lead among likely voters. What if Merle Wayne Sneed's longstanding prediction of an Obama blowout victory is wrong? Well, its not. As we learned, how many people want a particular candidate is largely irrelevant. What matters is where they live, and in the places that matter, Obama will swamp McCain. This map from the folks at Real Clear Politics is interesting At the moment Obama has 249 of the 270 electoral votes needed for election solidly locked up. Plus, he has another 37 electoral votes leaning his way. For McCain to win, Obama has to lose a state or two that is leaning his way and McCain has to win everything not rock solid for Obama. John McCain is a fine American and a good man, who is dedicated to doing what is best for his country. Don't let anyone tell you differently. But, Americans are clamoring for change and it's Obama's moment. In other news... I played golf with the usual suspects today. Some guy Named Bob is in charge of booking our golf reservations, so it is probably unfair to criticize his efforts, but... We live within about a fifteen minute drive of eight golf courses on our side of town. Despite this, Some Guy Named Bob booked us at course 25 miles away. I am at the stage that I don't want to drive 25 miles to do anything, especially with Some Guy Named Bob and The Seafood King in tow. Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky