The producers of SNL have invited Bill Clinton to host an episode next season. I hope he says yes (can anyone imagine him not saying yes?) — I’d totally watch that. My friend Mitch and I have talked about this for a long time. One of my favorite politician-hosting-SNL moments was when Rudy Giuliani dressed in drag as an Italian grandmother; I’d love to see Clinton do something similarly ridiculous. I’d also love to see the real Clinton face off against Darrell Hammond playing Clinton. The possibilities delight the mind.

Maybe they could even unearth Elvis as the musical guest.

While national polls show that the presidential race is still close, the Electoral College is what counts, and by that measure, Kerry’s ahead by a large margin, as these two sites suggest. However, these two analyses take into account polls that show that several states are very, very close. If those states shift, it will create huge shifts in the electoral vote.

The Electoral College tends to exaggerate a winner’s victory and a loser’s defeat, as you can tell by comparing the popular and electoral votes of past elections. Nevertheless, that’s the vote that counts, not the nationwide popular vote — as we learned in 2000.

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