In my very leafy and very Democratic Maryland neighborhood, the lines were long.

One car had a bumper sticker reading: “Clinton lied about sex. Bush lies about everything else.” I gave that argument the consideration it merited, but in the end it was not sufficient to push me back into the “undecided” column.

A Time magazine reporter was right in front of me on line. I toyed with idea of suggesting that since our votes would cancel each other out we might as well leave. But a sense of civic duty unexpectedly came over me and I restrained myself.

As it turned out, those manning the polls (person-ing the polls?) did a remarkably good job of crowd control and it took no more than a half hour for me to get to the electronic voting booth. I noted in a loud voice to the Time reporter that I also had found it surprisingly quick and easy to cast ballots at the three other polling places I had visited this morning.

On C-Span, I heard a Kerry supporter say that she saw some men in uniform, rolled down her car window and yelled: “Ho, ho, hey, hey, how many kids did you kill today?” Struck me as rather retro but I’m sure it warmed the cockles of Michael Moore’s heart if he heard it (and if he has both a heart and cockles).

I’ll be reading the Horserace Blog today. (If Jay Cost’s predictions turn out to be right, how about we throw a party for him?)

I pledge to drink only branch water during the day, nothing stronger till the sun is over the yardarm. Or maybe a bit later than that. I’m scheduled to be on the BBC and Sky News tonight. My colleague here at FDD, Walid Phares, is scheduled to be on Al Jazeera. (Yes, Al Jazeera.)