Well Election Day is finally here.

I live in Wyoming, and as far as states go they don't get much redder than mine. So basically my vote for Democratic candidates is an exercise in futility. However, Republicans don't win every single office in the state. Teton County, Wyoming (the Jackson Hole area) votes Democrat quite consistently, but that isn't where I live. In Casper, WY, the only Democratic candidates that get elected here are DINOs. So my votes that are actually successful still go to God-fearing, states-rights Democrats. And the state's outgoing Democratic governor is conservative on most issues.

So why do I even bother? I have only one reason to vote: I keep hoping that Republicans will win by smaller and smaller margins, enough so that it will encourage good Democratic candidates to throw their hats into the ring in the next election cycle.

Okay, enough about Wyoming politics. At the national level I despair for the country, because Republicans will not hesitate to screw the little guy in any way they can when the win control of one or both houses, and they will do all they can to protect their wealthy, corporate masters. You know they will try extend the upper class tax cut, yet they won't help the unemployed. In general I've been disappointed with Obama's job performance so far, but I know things would be far worse if we had elected McCain and given the Republicans control of either or both houses in 2008.

So what do you think? And what's going on in your state, county, or city this election day? Unload. It may not help, but it couldn't hurt. I think.