Election night!

Finally, it's election night, and I'm watching the best in election coverage -- The Daily Show: Indecision 2004 AKA "Prelude to the Recount". It's a bad sign regarding the state of our media that one of the better sources we've got is a show on a network called "Comedy Central". Granted, it's far from being accurate news, but given the press situation from the last two or three years, I've pretty much given up on accuracy in the media. On the upside, at least Jon Stewart doesn't try to present himself as a serious journalist while acting as nothing more than a pundit. For those of you who've seen Stewart's appearance on CNN's Crossfire, I think you'll understand what I mean.

Some highlights:

• Al Sharpton came out swinging away at the Republicans, and in the words of my roommate, "Man, he is pissed!"
• Bob Wiltfong discussed e-voting, specifically how we've combined the obscurity of the 17th century voting system with the lack of accountability of modern electronics. Somehow, it ended with the comparison of determining results and Tron, which I don't entirely understand.
• There were a few more short pieces, which while amusing, didn't really stand out.
• Finally, there was Stephen Cobert's call against national healing; after all, hasn't all this divisiveness made our nation more politically active?

Now at 12:10 AM CST on 3 November 2004, it looks like Bush will take this election, which I find really disheartening. Of course, this is based on exit polls (you'd think we'd have learned from the last Presidential election), so it's entirely possible that I'll wake up tomorrow and find out that the polls are wrong.