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Maidan receives more and more confirmation about presence of Russian troops in Ukraine. “Yesterday at night between 1:00 and 4:00 four airplanes with Russian military troops (approx. 400-450 persons) landed in Ivano-Frankivsk. They were dressed into uniform of Ukrainian troops and were sent to Kyyiv by buses. At the moment of planes arrival, the airport was surrounded by military forces.” -- Ukrainian Marine Forces with Yushchenko First Commander-in-Chief of Marine Forces of Ukraine Kozhyn called troops to acknowledge Yushchenko as Supreme Commander-in-Chief. >> [24-11-2004 17:28] -- [24-11-2004 17:26] Hot news from Yanukovych headquarters. Once the Central Elections Commetee announces Yanukovych...

<p>President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.</p> <p>Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.</p>

MSNBC just reported that with 97% in, Bush leads by 11,000 votes in Iowa. 2 counties with 15,000 votes are still to be counted. Both had stopped when their count machines broke down. Both machines fixed, but 1 county will not restart their count until the morning. Also reported that absentee ballots postmarked by midnight would still need to be counted(wonder how many DNC operatives are being let in the back door of post offices tonight?)

BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS [11/01 10:56 AM] The bad news, passed on by Middle Cheese: Bush’s poll numbers in Ohio on Sunday night were terrible. Might be a bad sample, or it might be that the last minute break of the undecided is going for Kerry. Good news: Quinnipiac has Bush up 8 in Florida, and tied in Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, they have Kerry up five. (That would still be an 11-point jump for Bush from 2000, which I find plausible.) For those who will be sent into a panic (or euphoria) about the Ohio information above, I...

Columbus Going against his own party, Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell sought Friday to pre- vent battalions of political party activists from challenging Ohio voters at polling places on Tuesday. Blackwell's stunning announcement, intended to settle federal lawsuits in Cincinnati and Akron, brought him into immediate conflict with the Ohio Republican Party and one of his 2006 gubernatorial rivals, Republican Attorney General Jim Petro. Blackwell gave a perfunctory notice to Petro, faxed his recommendation to the judges and then rocked the state GOP by publicly instructing Petro, his lawyer, to formally present the settlement offer in both courts. Petro...

CLEVELAND - The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections said the woman in charge of the absentee ballots resigned, NewsChannel5 reported. Board of Elections Director Michael Vu said Sondra Robinson did not say why she was resigning. Robinson worked for the board of elections for three years.

Sorry about the vanity, but could one of you little people watch the heinous and let us know what hysterical gaffes she commits today?I know watching The View is torture, but take one for the team, would you?