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Like yesterday and tomorrow, the sun rises today. The landscape this morning, early as I post, looks much different from yesterday.

Election Day, as always, is fraught with peril. Beware the seductiveness of opinion polls, which can mislead badly; beware the even greater attraction of exit polls, which have so often been wrong. Beware the too-early commentary, the too-swift judgment; and, above all, beware the hopeful, reassuring cliches that will be passed around today and tomorrow, giving false succor to winners and losers alike.

Last week I made the open-and-shut case for John McCain: In a dangerous world entering an era of uncontrolled nuclear proliferation, the choice between the most prepared foreign policy candidate in memory vs. a novice with zero experience and the wobbliest one-world instincts is not a close call.

Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama before they're left out in the cold without a single state dinner for the next four years.

ABOARD “Straight Talk Air†(between New York and Miami) -- Sen. John McCain would “absolutely†not compromise on Supreme Court nominations if elected and would continue to nominate strict constructionist judges if any of his Supreme Court nominations were defeated by a hostile Senate.

One thing is clear after last night's duel at Belmont University: Televised presidential debates are stuck in the 20th century.

Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama.

My whole life I've been mystified by the concept of the "undecided voter." I've never had any problem choosing my candidates and didn't see how anyone else could either. But this year, I've been genuinely on the fence, partly because I haven't been paying close attention, and partly because there seemed ample reason to dislike all of the options.

The historic selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is igniting grassroots support. According to McCain political director Mike DuHaime, interest in volunteering for the McCain campaign more than quadrupled the weekend after Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s running mate. What is more, within hours of Palin’s selection, the McCain campaign raked in more than $7 million.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, now thrust into the heart of America's energy debate, has managed as Alaska governor to confound major oil companies and frustrate environmentalists with pro-drilling policies that put the interests of the state and its 670,000 citizens ahead of either powerful special interest.