Never mind the negativity and the lies and the manic spraying of money on swing states, this election had debates that mattered, a great home video and binders full of women. And a hurricane. Cool.
There was a distinct sense of "gotcha" when Mr Romney produced his 47% moment; the feeling that in an unguarded moment the real man had been revealed. And by that I don't mean he doesn't care about the opinions of half the population of the country he wants to lead; more that he is prepared to say he doesn't care about their opinions in order to get people to give him money for his campaign.
After that Mr Romney performed a comeback in the first debate that shocked everyone, including most of his supporters and probably Mr Romney. President Obama was so bad that if it had been a horse race a stewards' inquiry would have followed.
In the subsequent debates President Obama became reacquainted as to the difference between his arse and elbow, while Mr Romney gave him a helping hand with his lovely little line about being brought "binders full of women". Sounds more like a Clinton policy initiative.
And then we got The Storm. Like a deus ex Atlantica, Sandy surged up from the Caribbean, and turned into a deliciously named Frankenstorm by sucking energy off a series of other weather systems and, it seemed, the Mitt Romney campaign. Not even he could pander to a storm, and all President Obama had to do was be as presidential as we know he can be.
Fortunately, he IS presidential and has good judgement when it comes to crises like this, and it showed as Republican New Jersey Governor Christ Christie was moved to paeans to the President.
And so now it's all about tonight, except that nearly 40% of Floridians have already voted in early voting. It was a 5-5 tie in the traditional early vote at the New Hampshire hamlet of Dixville Notch, which I think is great.
You really do have to love the whackiness of a democratic process which has been defined by a bootleg video and a hurricane. Bring it on!
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