On the one hand this... and on the other hand that...

So, over here on the Daily Beast, we have Michael Tomasky getting a little ahead of himself and contemplating the now-not-totally-impossible scenario of an Obama landslide. It strikes me as a little overly fanciful - in addition to the GOP collapsing into a frothing mess of internal strife, he predicts an end to gridlock as the weary populace rises up and tells congress 'Okay, come on, guys, you went hard at him for four years, gave him your best shot, and he kicked your asses in a royal way. Now grow up,' and congress, naturally, complies.

Ummmm... OK.

So back over here on 538, noted hater of kittens and killer of unicorns Nate Silver examines the also not-totally-impossible scenario of an Electoral College dead heat.

Jesus, if THAT doesn't chill your blood, I don't know what will.

I mean, only 12 years ago we had an election decided by the Supreme Court, and given how tightly things are divided right now, it seems likely that it's only a matter of time before this actually DOES happen.

I tell you what, though, fuck the "liberal media conspiracy" - if this actually DOES go down, you'll see every media outlet from Fox News to Mother Jones simultaneously cream themselves. Sure, Brian Williams will be up there talking about what a great lesson this is in our great Constitution, but you'll have everyone else losing their fucking minds.

Republicans are just too damn busy to talk to pollsters.

According to Scott Walker, conservatives are too busy being "makers" to talk to pollsters, and are therefore under-represented in all these polls showing Obama has the lead -- except Rasmussen -- which shows him up by a hair. I mean, it totally makes sense, right? The Republican half of this country is working their fingers to the bone all day to carry the layabout Democratic half while it sits around the house all day, watching cat videos on the internet (which they pirate from their GOP neighbors) and smoking pot. Plus, they hate the "lamestream" media (also pot-smoking hippies) and avoid talking to them at all costs. As a result, conservatives have been under-represented in every poll since the dawn of time. True fact. Look it up.

Jon Stewart 'splains it for you.

Jon Stewart sums it all up for you. It starts here, continues here, and comes to a big finish over here.