The American election, much like the last one, is too close to 50/50 to call accurately. The usual suspects will show up on both sides. This election will hinge on two groups, IMHO:
1) Center-left types and apathetics who are scared shitless about the concept of Evil Brown Muslims coming to America and killing them, and who've bought into the idea that Bush and his War On Terra are doing a good job protecting America from them.
2) Center-right types and apathetics who are fed up with the War in Iraq, the job market, the economy, and/or the Bush administration in general, and who've bought into the idea that Kerry is Not Bush and would therefore be an almost automatic improvement.
National Security Trumps Everything versus Bush Is A Bumbling Idiot. There's the showdown.
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