I write this at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28. A week from now the election will be nearly concluded.
Early returns from the East coast will be trickling in and the ritual of watching for this or that network to "call" various races will begin. Old pros like Jeff Greenfield and Michael Barone will pontificate and recent pundits like Amy Walter and Stu Rothenberg will chime in.
We observe a fine old cultural tradition on polling day and evening. This year the sense of immediacy is tempered by the knowledge that lots of people, including the DrsC, have long since voted and their absentee ballots await counting.
