Your citrus-like pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is GW's lead actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmmm? And consider this dismaying observation: you'll be on that stage with him for over an hour. Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way to smash his everyman appeal! Of course, there's always my way. Mwahahahahahah!

Tonight, the first of three presidential debates/forums/whatevers will clog all the networks, including Fox, which means KPDX's syndicated rerun of the Simpsons will be pre-empted. I guess this means I'll have no other choice but to watch. As such, I'll be blogging, live, during "the match" with a running commentary. Armed Prophet will also be offering his own more mature analysis throughout the evening, which will no doubt be better informed and free from grammatical errors, weird Disneyland analogies and cheap jokes about Bush's mouth-breathing.