GOTV

It's Get Out the Vote time, especially in the swing states--early voting, mail-in, absentee, etc.  The Obama campaign has been through this before and in places where it counts most--like Ohio--there's reason for optimism.  The new Time poll which shows Obama ahead in Ohio by 5 points also shows the spread in early voting is 30%: Obama 60 Romney 30.  These assessments--and this one--suggest the Obama ground game is superior.

But except for the early voting already banked (only 17% nationwide, and Obama's lead there is only about 11 points) none of it counts until the ballots get counted.  So a little history lesson for those who have forgotten--or weren't old enough--the catastrophic year 2000.  Some of us of course have that seared on our synapses, which is making for a couple of more weeks of nightmares and general sleep deprivation.