notes on a ballot... quick takes on the news...

Allan Malamud used to write a sports column in the old Los Angeles Herald Examiner.  He called it "notes on a scorecard" and it was series of thoughts you might write on your scorecard as you were watching a game. I think I'll call mine notes on a ballot... I saw recently that Democrats favor jeeps as their car of choice and the GOP, BMW's... since I drive a Hyundai, i asked my wife what that makes us... she said poor... If I am backed into a corner, I'd say the odds of President Obama winning a second term are less that 50%... There is something wrong when a presidential election comes down to just the few states that are not totally politically decided already... Las Vegas got some good news recently... we are now only the third worst state in the foreclosure debacle... News of even more dalliances coming to light makes it clear that there is a reason it is called secret service... Please tell me how it is that i can usually read about a US covert program on the front page of a newspaper... Why is it Dems support states rights when they like the issue, but oppose them when the disagree... and for that matter, the GOP too... This mess in Syria is horrible... but is it our responsibility to fix it? When will we be seeing a time when US forces are not active in combat? Finally, I know everyone thinks they have the solution to what ails us a country... but until we can agree on the problem, we'll never get to the best solution... I'm just sayin...