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I voted yesterday in Fairfax county, VA and immediately crossed it off my to do list, now the next items are “get flu shot” and “prepare presentation for conference in Spain”. But I have a funny feeling…

When I presented my absentee request, I was shown as having been “deleted” on their database. How did that happen? Makes me nervous that the Republican masters in Richmond are up to no good and are secretly deleting Democractic voters from the rolls so that when the time comes to vote, it will be too late. Am I being paranoid?

I also am beginning to come to the horrific realization that bailouts are not going to solve the problem looming before us. There is a two page ad in the NYT today, pages 6 and 7 which outlines the crisis and correctly states that neither candidate offers a complete solution to the mess we are in. There will have to be fundamental changes and some will be politically untenable. Then I realized that Obama just needs to look steady in the debates to win but what a mess he will inherit! Am I being a pessimist?

There are too many questions unanswered, too many experts that disagree, too many joe six packs and lipstick wearing pigs running through the landscape of serious political discourse. It is enough to give anyone a funny feeling.