DHinMI has a great post today on Daily Kos talking a bit about Detroit's history and struggle. It reminded me a bit of Joetown's take on the city a few years ago.

I'll just recommend that you go read both and the sing along with Wally Pleasant's Ode to Detroit:

When the Tigers win the championship,
Pretend like it's really hip,
to get national media attention,
When you set a car on fire causing police intervention.

Kickin' It.

New Be The Power photos from the festivities surrounding Harvard's complete, total, and utter domination of the despicable Bulldogs last weekend available here.

The Lions were absolutely manhandled today on national TV, losing to the Colts 41-9. And it wasn't that close.

The Lions were simply terrible. They didn't score a single touchdown. Four times they fumbled in their own territory. Joey Harrington didn't complete a pass in the red zone. He didn't play poorly, but he simply didn't make anything happen. Things got so bad that Mooch put in McMahon for 4th quarter mop-up duty.

And the Colts were absolutely on fire, making the Lions defense look feeble. Peyton Manning set an NFL record with his fifth straight game with 4 TD's or more. He's now probably 3 games away from breaking the all-time single-season TD record (48 by Marino in 1984).

On the bright side, Jason Hanson went 3-4 (missing only a 48-yarder). Michael Rosenberg writes in today's Free Press reminding us of what a great player and stand up guy this long-time Lion really is. My favorite quote:

"It would be twice as fun, I think, to win here. A lot of guys want to leave teams and go to a contender. It sounds twice as fun to me if you win with a team that you're with all these years. I feel like were going to do it."

1. The World Series

2. The Election

3. Losing My Job

Today, I'm trying to remedy that. Read on.

Last week, I lost my job - a bummer.

It's OK. I've got enough money and I'm going to use this opportunity to try to really figure out what I want to do with my life.

But it's not great. I still don't know where my next paycheck is coming from. Well - actually, I do - thank you DC Department of Employment Services!

I think I want to work on in Congress, probably on the Senate side. As I see it, the entire town revolves around what Congress does, so I want to be where the action is. The challenge here is that I'm not quite sure what I'm qualified for. I'd love to work in a policy job, but I also want to help set the agenda and frame our debates. LA? Communications?

I have a friend in Durbin's office and "whipping" sounds pretty cool too. So, yes, I have a very clear sense of what I want out of life. Ugh.

I'm writing about this because if any of y'all out there have any ideas or leads, I'd love to hear it.

It's up to us.

There's no Bill Clinton to run for President anymore. The "Party" is more or less in shambles. If we want to fix America, it's up to us. More importantly, it's up to you.

Talk all you want about the need to reform the Democrats, but it will never happen if we leave it to someone else. Already, I've talked with 3 friends who are planning on running for office in the next few years. They're not arguing about the future of progressivism in America. They're charting its course. (And I'm signed up as an advisor to all of them.)

Stop crying. Quit complaining. We've got work to do. And it's up to us.

So you may have noticed that the Red Sox won the World Series. In the end, I'm not sure how accurate my Game Before the Game Prediction Games were, but they didn't really seem to matter. The Sox absolutely steamrolled through the Cardinals.

I was struck by what Terry Francona said the night they won: "You don't come back from three down against the Yankees for yourself. You do it for the other 24 guys on the team." He didn't know how insightful he was.

I've been a Red Sox fan for two years. I've had a little bit of heartbreak (Thank you very much, Mr. Boone), but nothing like that of the lifelong Sox fans who welcomed me into their fraternity. I'm not happy that the Red Sox won the Series for myself. I'm happy for Tracy who never ever lost the faith. I'm happy for Alan who lost the faith just about every day. I'm happy for millions of other citizens of Red Sox Nation who have realized their lifelong dream.

Finally, I'm happiest of all that we have proven once and forever that the Yankees totally, completely, and utterly suck.

If you want to know who CNN has called, turn on CNN. Two things of note:

1) KY Senate looks promising.

At press time, there were only 1 million or so votes counted, even if there were a bunch of precincts reported. There's still a million or so votes left.

Follow along here.

2) They still haven't called the Carolinas. I've got no clue why.

I lied. Here's the last exits from Kos:

	Kerry 	Bush

PA 	53	46

FL 	51	49

NC 	48	52 

OH 	51	49 

MO 	46	54

AK 	47	53

MI 	51	47

NM 	50	49

LA 	43	56

CO 	48	51

AZ 	45	55

MN 	54	44

WI 	52	47

IA 	49	49

Slate and MyDD update their numbers.

MyDD credits Slate, but I can't find what Jerome saw...

Still looking good.

Slate:

In the national exit poll, Kerry leads Bush 51-48. In Wisconsin he's up by three and in Ohio and Florida he leads by one.

MyDD:

FL: 50/49 - KERRY
OH: 52/47 - KERRY
MI: 51/48 - KERRY
PA: 58/42 - KERRY
IA: 50/48 - KERRY
WI: 53/47 - KERRY
MN: 57/42 - KERRY
NH: 58/41 - KERRY
ME: 55/44 - KERRY

NM: 49/49 - TIE

NV: 48/49 - BUSH
CO: 49/50 - BUSH
AR: 45/54 - BUSH
NC: 47/53 - BUSH

1. MyDD reports huge turnout in important Dem areas.
2. They also have a stat indicating good Hispanic numbers in Florida.
3. Also - Wonkette keeps posting newer and wackier exit numbers. Not sure if she has any real info. No one seems to be paying much attention to her.

Slate publishes new numbers. My guess is that these are more reliable.

The Rethugs are still terrified. Surfing the conservative blogs is fun.

 		FL  OH  PA  WI  MI  MN  NV  NM  NC  CO  

Kerry		50  50  54  51  51  58  48  50  49  46  

Bush	 	49  49  45  46  47  40  50  48  51  53  

Still outstanding numbers, but much tighter than earlier. That North Carolina number is pretty interesting, no?

Further bulletins as events warrant.

1) Exit polls are unreliable.

2) Drudge says the early poll numbers over-sampled women.

I haven't found ANYONE willing to say this other than Drudge, so I don't think it's necessarily true. He's even taken that language down.

That said, it's possible. According to Drudge, the early numbers are 59-41 women. But remember, that's not as bad as it seems. In 2000, actual turnout was more than 53% women.

3) Wonkette has new numbers that are much tighter, but still good.

On the flip side, these numbers have been out for a while and no one else is running with them.

OK, here's the thing about the birdies: They sing different tunes. And I always half-suspect that one of them will rip off his birdie mask and reveal himself to be Karl Rove....

K/B
USA: 50-49
FL: 50-49
OH: 50-49
CO: 48-50
NM: 50-48

(these numbers could change)  

Note: No data for PA, WI, IA, MI, etc. etc. etc.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

First round of exits on the blogosphere.

Important caveat: Everything I've seen sources these to the "VNS" or "Voting News Service" the old exit polling outfit. The VNS no longer exists. It's now called the "National Election Pool." It's basically identical, so my guess is that it's just confusion.

That said, everyone is starting to run with these.

Also - these numbers are great for JK, but don't get too excited. Consider these the score in the bottom of the fourth. And not necessarily an accurate score either. There's still lots of time before polls close.

Further updates as events warrant.

 		AZ  CO  LA  PA  OH  FL  MI  NM  MN  WI  IA  NH

Kerry		45  48  42  60  52  51  51  50  58  52  49  57

Bush	 	55  51  57  40  48  48  47  48  40  43  49  41

Thanks to Jerome at MyDD.