ElectionCyclist

Armstrong for Senate? (via TheDailyBeast)

Is there a future for Lance Armstrong in politics?

If you feel like you can do the job better than people who are doing it now, and you can really make a difference, then that’s a real calling to serve, and I think you have to do that. I felt a strong desire to come back and race right now because I felt we had a place and I could have a real impact and that’s why I’m doing it. I don’t think you want to enter political life unless you really think you can really have an impact. Don’t do it for a bet, or a dare or for your ego. Or for any other competitive desire you have. Do it because you can get in there and change people’s lives. That’s why you do it. So, there will come a time, or not, that I say to myself, “You know what, I can help affect change.” And if that day comes, then absolutely.

Not sure about his politics, but his candidacy would definitely require an ElectionCycle ride through Texas.

Christopher Hitchens (Slate)

…there is something pain-free and self-congratulatory about the Obama surge. This has happened before, of course, with the high-sounding talk about the “New Frontier,” the “Great Society,” and “Morning in America.” It’s just that this time it’s more than usually not affordable. There are many causes of the subprime and derivative horror show that has destroyed our trust in the idea of credit, but one way of defining it would be to say that everybody was promised everything, and almost everybody fell for the populist bait.

Hmm.

Chris Matthews on the role of the media in the Obama presidency…

This does not bode well for citizens desperate for transparency in the new administration. First it was Fox News’ Carl Cameron unloading secrets about Sarah Palin after the election, and now this gem? Unacceptable.

Still no real hangovers to report, but here is another take on the tired phrases and personalities of the 2008 election (from The Daily Beast)…

Thinking: “Red States versus Blue States”
Always more of pundit crutch than a really meaningful distinction, the mixed-ideological results in places like California (yes to Obama, no to gay marriage) should force people to abandon rhetorical shortcuts in favor of actual analysis.

Heh. I understand the feeling. (via Instapundit)

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama, he won a hard fought election against a centrist candidate, and he did it with class.

Three thoughts for tomorrow…
1. We need the media.(Example)
2. Republicans should look to reconstitute their party. (more…more)
3. Smile. Another peaceful election with a strong message from the American people.

Thank you.

No matter what happens at the polls today be courteous and respectful. Democracy is difficult - you don’t have to be.

From the left and the right. Some interesting and surprising, others not.

Andrew Sullivan
Charles Krauthammer
Christopher Buckley
Christopher Hitchens (especially harsh)