All That Jazz

I have no idea what to make of the wildly divergent polls. Polling methods seem to exclude a lot of potential voters, such as people with only cell phones (who are, by the way, mostly people under 35). I do think Bush is holding a slight lead of perhaps 4-5 points nationally. Kerry seems to be changing tactics and becoming more vigorous in his critiques of the president and it looks like he may be getting ready to take the gloves off on Iraq, which is good news. But Kerry needs to present a forceful appearance on the first presidential debate on September 30th. That may be the last opportunity to shift momentum in this election.
Whenever I start feeling down on the state of the human race, it’s anecdotes of basic human decency that restore my optimism. Like this one instructing us in the persuasive power of show tunes.