Beautiful Sight #1: This afternoon at 3 p.m. EST, the line to get into the main (downtown) library and early vote was almost two blocks long. This is Precinct 01 turf, perhaps the most liberal in the county, although early vote is open to all Orange Co. residents and would naturally include downtown bankers. I didn't have time to talk to anyone, but there was hardly a suit to be seen among the queuers.
Beautiful Sight #2: John Kerry is due to speak at 6 p.m. EST at the county fairgrounds, and along Colonial Dr, the line of cars to get in was more than a mile long - at 4 p.m. - in both directions.