Update (6:33 p.m.): Post is closed to commenting. I’m live-blogging at a CNN blog party, and there are no comments on the post. HELP!
Please direct all midterm elections comments to that post. 
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Update II (1:30 p.m.): Check out the blog party virtual headquarters. Not bad.
Well, I’ve done my civic duty. Along with about 20 other people in Washington, D.C., I voted for the Republicans.
Watch out for the bloggers!
Update: A reader reminded me about Durham County’s district attorney race. As you know, current DA and head bungler Mike Nifong is running against Lewis Cheek, who says if elected he’ll allow the governor to appoint a new prosecutor to the Duke case, and a write-in candidate.
Later…If you have a Hot Air password and you’re bored at work, check out the chat room.
About the CNN blog event, subscribe to CNN Pipeline if you want to skip the talking heads. If watching bloggers blog gets you off, tune in!
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I’m going to a CNN blog party tonight (nerds, indeed!), and it’s a shame that I really don’t care about the elections. Well, I care a little, but I’m very jaded.
(I’m looking forward to meeting Lorie Byrd, Betsy Newmark, and John Amato of liberal Crooks and Liars [John and I have exchanged several e-mails through the years, and he's OK with me], and seeing Kevin Aylward, Ed Morrissey, Scott Johnson, Pat Hynes, and MKH again.)
(Later…Didn’t know James Joyner would be there, too. Met him at a CPAC.)
When it comes to issues I care about, having a Republican Congress hasn’t made much difference. For instance, border security is high on my list, and rounding up and arresting illegal aliens and people who hire them is up there, too. But with an open-borders, Vicente Fox-loving president in the White House who calls himself a conservative, neither of those two things is going to happen. And the so-called border fence is just a farce, an unfunded midterm election ploy that doesn’t fool even the Democrats.
Big spender George Bush may have had his heart in the right place when he created yet another big bloated government agency (Department of Homeland “Security”), but in retrospect, his time and our money would have been better spent coordinating existing agencies and making sure they were properly doing their jobs securing the country, protecting us, and effectively communicating with each other.
Security and protection, blah, blah, blah.
I’ve been less than impressed with national Republicans, and I don’t see a big downside to having a Democratic Congress. That’s how jaded I am. I’ll be surrounded by liberal bloggers tonight, so if Democrats gain control, I’ll have to deal with the gloat factor, which will be unpleasant. Other than that, what’s the difference?
Tonight, I must blog about some aspect of the races, so here are the ones I intend to watch:
Michigan: Voters will decide whether the government may continue discriminating against people in hiring and admissions based on race, despite the frantic efforts of opponents to keep Proposal 06-2 off the ballot. Also see The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative site.
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina (home, sweet home!), South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin: Voters will decide whether to ban homosexual “marriage.”
Maryland: Will there be two blacks in the Senate? Republican Michael Steele hopes so. Democrat Barack Obama hopes not.
Missouri: Voters will decide whether scientists in that state will be allowed to destroy human embryos to extract stem cells for “research.”
God bless America. 
Conservatives, even if Republicans lose big tonight, be of good cheer. If you don’t believe in the sovereignty of God, now’s a good time to start.
NZ Bear of The Truth Laid Bear has a cool page that will keep track of the races and the balance of Congress. Check it out. See the latest polls and more at RealClearPolitics. Also watch Memeorandum to find out what’s got the blogosphere buzzing.
By the way, the Power Line bloggers redesigned their news site. Check out Power Line News for the latest mainstream media and blog coverage.
Do you care about the midterm elections? If so, tell us which races you’ll be watching.
(Cool charts courtesy of the BBC)
More links below the fold:
- Election info at the Wash Post and Wash Times
- Abortion, gay marriage among many divisive topics in election day referendums
- Voters in 37 States to Decide Ballot Initiatives
- Hot-button issues add drama to elections
- GOP control of Congress is on the line
- For Democrats, Even a Gain May Feel Like a Failure
