When The Boston Globe dropped the "Sidekick" on Saturdays, I migrated to reading the Living Arts Section, to find the comics. I would finish the comics and my wife would still be reading the A Section, so I took to reading Alex Beam. Frankly, my prejudice was that he sat at the intersection of MSM and Lifestyle, a sure fire formula for having views I didn't agree with. I was wrong. That is the way with prejudice. It gets in the way of learning and enjoying.

Today's Column is about those who think that someone in the Administration will suspend the election before November. While I don't believe this will happen, I do entertain a fantasy about the election being delayed.

In my fantasy NASA announces that their operation out of Hawaii has found an inbound asteroid and that it is expected to impact southern China by the end of the month. The initial death toll is estimated at half a billion, with another billion or so to die in the ensuing environmental adjustments.

The UN shrugs its shoulders, but China, having put men in space and done space walks, mounts a quick effort to get to the asteroid, but it blows up on the launch pad. Russia offers no help, in that anything that hurts China enhances Russia's position. Finally, President Bush orders the launch of ICBMs, whose warheads nudge the asteroid out of the way, barely. As a result, President Bush's approval goes to 80% world wide. (Ten percent wouldn't say anything nice about Bush even if he donated a kidney to keep them alive. The other ten percent are those who never get the word.) Senate Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi realize that the election will be a disaster and that the half life of a typical political memory is 90 days, to they recall the Congress, vote President Bush a Gold Medal and also vote to delay the election until June of 2009. Then they call Dr Howard Dean and tell him to hold a new nominating convention. Their next step is to go to the Chapel on Capital Hill and pray the Republicans follow suit.