The Raleigh-Durham News-Observer has a piece on the topsy-turvy nature of the presidential race. This is the thing that's been perplexing me most. Apparently I just don't get the way the average voter thinks, because I don't understand why people are buying Bush's line. Can somebody explain it to me?

The debate rules. Rather funny.


A couple of things in the local paper of national interest:

The judge in the Robert Durst case rejected a plea bargain agreement to clear the outstanding charges against him. She won't comment on why.

And three people connected to Ken DeLay's campaign organization were indicted by a grand jury yesterday for illegally raising corporate money for use in Texas elections in 2002, which is not allowed in Texas.