Just in case you wanted something serious

Min Jung Kim, who publishes one of the sweetest and well-written blogs, refers fans to New Patriot dot org, which has serious, thoughtful discussions of election and war issues.

It says something when a site like this is more serious than a lot of the talk shows on cable. I really enjoy Countdown with its mix of news and humor -- count on it to feature the stupidest thing one of the candidates said that day (they were all over Bush's OB/GYN comments) -- while I find The Nation totally unreadable. Maybe New Patriot will strike a good balance. But I find myself doubting that a clear, reasonable argument can sway anybody who's already made up their minds to vote for Bush. I don't know if anything will. Probably the only voters who are useful to pursue at this point are the loosy-goosy ones who keep changing their minds. They don't show up as "undecided" because one day they're for Bush, the next they're for Kerry. They vote for the proverbial "last ad they saw" candidate. Thus we should send money to the DNC so they can do ad buys. Cynicism reigns.