Is it over?

Is the election finally over now? If I open my eyes, will I see Barack Obama and his smiling family in the White House?

It looks more and more the case every day. Fortunately, every angle McCain and his shrill sidekick use these days seems to backfire-- trying to link him to terrorists, trying to associate him with the failures of the economy, trying to pin an image of classic Washington-liberalism (tax hikes, big government, "socialized medicine")-- none of it is working.

Hell, even what they don't do has been a telling subject as of late (failing to reign in a minister who introduced McCain and made an ass of himself in Davenport, Iowa, as well as allowing their supporters to seethe with racist and sinister ignorance).

So, has the McCain/Palin ticket finally gone bust? Me thinkest so. McCain's "town hall" format in the most recent debate, which was hyped endlessly by the media and his campaign, could only be described as "not a failure", rather than a "win", which he desperately needed.

Meanwhile, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and Iowa have floated away from McCain, and stepped-up Obama efforts in New Hampshire, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana(!) are forcing him to spend more money (of which he has comparatively little).

For those of us who are rooting for Obama, there is much to celebrate. For those of us who are rooting against McCain, there is much to celebrate. In short, as of right now at least, it is over.