I'm poll watching in Nevada. Why this is so exhausting I'm not certain.  The poll workers are uniformly great.  Patient.  Persistent.  Painstaking. 

The people who are voting remind me of jurors in the way they approach their civic duty.  Today, for instance, there was a major discussion in line about those people (a lot) who are voting only for President -- skipping past the proposed bond-raising, law changing and judge choosing issues.

"It would be wrong," one of the group finally concluded, "to vote on these issues because we don't understand them."  Everyone in the huddle quickly concurred and the line fell silent again.  They are voting for the next President of the country and they are feeling like their vote matters.  And since I'm in a "battle ground" state, Nevada, their vote matters more than mine does because California is in the bag for the Dems. 

But I was going to tell you how fabulous Blawg Review #182 over at Preaching to the Perverted is.  You'll have to forgive me for digressing and for now saying simply go right over to Preaching now because it's without question the bet blawg review of the year.