If you’re voting on Election Day

Here’s where you can find your polling place. This is important information, as Asheville has a dizzying array of precincts, some of them quite small.
Furthermore, when people move, they often forget to update their address with the Board of Elections, and thus may have to vote in their old location.
Be prepared for long lines [...]

King of Spain

In light of today’s news:

Oh September

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
-T.S. Eliot

VP Breakdown

538 has the full story
Long story short: Biden plays well with Dems (though not as well as Clinton), about average for a Dem with Republicans and best of the major VP contenders amongst independents (Clinton played the worst). For us crunchy numbers junkies, it’s an interesting article.

Joe Schmo

I ain’t thrilled about him, but as I’ve looked at the other big options for VP over the last few weeks (Hillary, Kaine, god forbid Bayh), he’s probably the least worst. All the good options (Sebelius) sadly aren’t well known enough yet.
This is a pure tactical decision: Biden plays well with older rust belt [...]