For those of you who have been reading this blog for a couple of years: I'm very sorry. But, also, you might remember, during those halcyon days of 2004, that every other post was about the American elections, including the insanity of liveblogging both Conventions (and staying up to 4am watching them on C-SPAN). You may have noticed that this time around, I haven't spoken much about the upcoming mid-terms. Well, I have intended to, but work has meant that the last thing I want to do when I get home is write a thousand words on the political wisdom of the day.

But, obviously, I still think about it.

And the other reason is of course that I was so convinced that Kerry was going to win back in 2004. I saw the conventions, I saw the debates, I saw the polls, and I truly believed that John Kerry was going to be the 44th President of the United States.

I was an idiot.

This time around, things seem to be going even better. Even before the revelation of Mark Foley's cybersex sessions with House Pages, the Democrats have been beating the Republicans nationwide in the polls, and in individual races it looked like they may have been able to take back either the House or the Senate.

Now, people are predicting a landslide.

I say: never underestimate the Democrats' ability to screw up an easy victory. But I live in hope. And I will be liveblogging November 7th. I have the 8th booked off work, and yes, I'll be watching all the news networks as they whip themselves up into a frenzy.

Because I'm an idiot. And willing to be crushed at 4am again…