Election Day.

The screams can be heard far and wide these days. Partisan chimps are gibbering and beating their chests in anticipation. The balance of power is in flux and there will be no vacuum. Uncle George is sharpening his teeth.

Will the game be owned by one team? Or will the voters revolt and move to maintain the tenuous system of checks and balances?

How much of a factor will the money play? The GOP is fat right now and dumping serious cash into the notion of national domination. If voters are easily plied by the jingoism and hollow promises of economic recovery that are being pushed, the next two years will be difficult, if not tragic.

Much hangs in the balance today.