mda – None of this matters. Both sides will sling mud (or dried up dirt bombs due to the drought) until their money buckets are empty. It’s the electoral college tally, and the outcome of Ohio, Penn., and Florida. Most votes won’t matter one way or the other, except in down ballot races.

Unbelievably, the House and Senate are in play. Although I haven’t seen any statistics on these races yet, it seems some of the seats the Dems were sure to lose (read those candidates that weren’t going to the convention), are wide open.

Like I’ve stated earlier this week, my current projection: Obama: 347 Romney: 191. If Romney takes Ohio 329 to 209.

It seems the tail end of the week will be occupied with tax talk. Apparently, Romney did not get his and Ryan’s plans sorted out so they would have a consistent and unified message. One thing I learned from the last election’s democratic primaries, is that the “Chicago Crowd” plays major league hardball well, and plays for keeps. Winning over the Clinton machine took work. They’ll do the same with Romney.