Legendary New York Newsday columnist Jimmy Breslin gives some reasons “Why Kerry will beat Bush.”

Mark Crispin Miller insists, “Bush/Cheney have to lose, as all such crackpot movements must. In fact, it wouldn’t be inaccurate to call them losers – as that is clearly how, deep down, they see themselves, for all their would-be macho swagger.”

I’m listening to Air America Radio in stretches as long as I can take. From time to time, I turn it off and listen to happy, upbeat music. (Arling and Cameron, Pink Martini, the Shins, and, of course, the Presidents of the United States of America).

And I’ve found something to keep my eyes away from political blogs, at least for periods of time. I’ve enrolled in National Novel Writing Month again this year. I don’t know if the resulting story will be saleable, but it’s a great exercise. I’ll tell y’all more about it later.