Today shall be an interesting day, being Election Day and all.

First, if you haven’t yet voted, you need to vote. There’s no excuse not to (unless you don’t live in the USA).

Second, the predictions are Republicans will take majority in the US House, Democrats will retain a slim majority in the US Senate. I’m also curious how things will fall on a more local level. For instance, will Paul Workman be able to oust Valinda Bolton? The make-up of Austin is changing. Makes me also wonder how the D-25 race will go… will Donna Campbell be able to oust Lloyd Doggett. Of course, I hope so, but this will be most interesting since D-25 only has a sliver of Austin and the rest is more “traditional Texas”… but in the past, tho Doggett has won with about 60-some percent of the vote, about 2/3rds of that came out of Austin. So if people in the not-Austin part of D-25 turn out well, Campbell has a chance of winning it. It’s going to be interesting to see. Doggett knows Campbell is a threat, and while even the soothsayers are predicting a Doggett win they aren’t predicting a landslide or easy win.

So, grab your popcorn. Not just to watch the returns tonight, but the real fun will come tomorrow.