November 4, 2008, 9:10 p.m.

Kevin,

On MSNBC Chuck Todd is busy trying to stoke some remaining drama in the presidential race by pointing out, correctly, that no red state has flipped yet, which is true enough, but it seems like only a matter of time before one or more turn Obama’s way. Still, I’m not going to celebrate until it happens.

I’m glad that the networks are practicing some caution, but I’m ready for the suspense to end.

Speaking of the minds that Palin might have won over, there’s some real questions about what goes on in those minds. The videos of the knuckleheads populating the Palin rallies have been widely disseminated. It appears that that’s who McCain managed to hold on to, which is maybe enough to make it somewhat close, but this year (I hope) not a winning strategy.

—John

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John Warner and Kevin Guilfoile are the authors and illustrators of the no. 1 bestselling My First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush. Warner is the editor emeritus of McSweeney’s, the author of So You Want to Be President?, and the proprietor of Tow Books. Guilfoile's first novel was the thriller Cast of Shadows. His second novel, The Thousand, will be published next year by Alfred A. Knopf. You can read past installments of the Guilfoile-Warner Papers here.

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