OK, control of the Senate and the House may hang on results in a few close races. Sure, preelection shenanigans with absentee ballots, new ballots, and dead candidates may get you muttering about the fate of the Republic.

For an attitude adjustment I recommend the Website for California’s Proposition 49, the Schwartzenegger Initiative. Who doesn’t like a good afterschool program? -- and the picture of Arnold on the masthead is quite "becoming" as Mitt Romney might say.

Don’t miss the limited-edition print of Arnold in full weightlifting pose (and not much else) available to supporters.

My prediction is that this thing passes. Oh yeah, I also think Davis will probably win reelection, and be under indictment within 18 months. I don’t have any special knowledge on this matter -- its just a sense I have that the dam is about to break.