Carrick to Calgary

November 2nd has arrived, a mild day in Calgary, only 0oC at going-to-work time. P was up in Red Deer last night for her management course (more details later), but will be home later on today. I'm in the OR all day but I've moved my clarinet lesson up to 4:15pm so I can get home in time to watch all the US election coverage. My money is on John Kerry to win, although it will be very close. The last few polls taken in the last 24 hours seem to show a late surge to Kerry especially in three of the big Swing States, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. There are some numbers here which claim to be early exit polls showing it's going Kerry's way in states like Wisconsin and Philadelphia. But it's still much too early to tell...

It looks like a record turnout too, with over 120 million votes likely to be cast. The Republicans are doing their best to frighten people out of voting, but Michael Moore has apparently got a lot of people with cameras at voting stations to catch them out if they go to far with the 'legitimate intimidation' that got Bush the Presidency last time out. Here's hoping the will of the People will out this evening, rather than leaving the decision up to weeks of wrangling in the various courts of the land.

We'll be following the story all night on Canadian TV, US TV and on the web:

BBC Results
Fox News
CNN Results
Canadian TV
Instapundit
War Blogging
Technorati
The Guardian
John Kerry
Dubya

"It's gonna be one helluva night..."



(From The Pendulum Online