Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Well, it's Election Day 2010. The TODAY Show just showed me the video of Christine O'Donnell at her polling place. Thanks, NBC. That was really important.

No doubt, it's going to be an annoying day. The pundits and pollsters have already called the election. They're just hoping those pesky voters don't muck up their predictions.

Around mid-afternoon, the cable networks will start getting their exit polling information. That will start to shape coverage. They won't tell us what they know, but they'll hint at it.

The first polls close at 7:00 PM ET in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. From then, til the last polls close in Alaska and Hawaii at Midnight ET, we'll be on wild ride. It could be a late night -- and early morning -- as we wait for results in what could be some close races. Who knows when we'll get results from that three-way contest in Alaska.

The President and Vice President will be working the phones today, calling into radio shows across the country. It's all about getting out the vote.

There's a lot of blame to go around. I think much rests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. We'll deal with that tomorrow. But, if history is any judge, the Democrats won't learn the right lessons from this debacle. They'll become the GOP-lite instead of standing for -- and fighting for -- principles.

Today, we all need to vote. Just vote. It matters.