Knock Knock Joke

The relentless text messages. The anxiety-inducing polls. The increasing number of television commercials. Living through a closely contested presidential election is a nightmare. And that’s how it feels in Northern California. I really can’t even imagine how bad it is in a swing state. The NYT (Gift Article): Door-Knocks, Texts, and Ads, Ads, Ads: Life on the Swing-State Battlefield. “‘I’m a Pennsylvania native and have been through many election cycles in a state that is no stranger to high-profile competitive campaigns, but I haven’t seen anything like what is playing out here this fall,’ said Christopher Borick, a political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. ‘I share a laugh with my mailman when he drops off our mail because of the size of the pile of mailers he brings each day, and I’m getting used to evenings and weekends full of knocks on my door.'” (This is one more reason to get rid of the antiquated electoral college. All 50 states should suffer this hell equally.)