Monday. Your bad news roundup.

So I get to work today and park. This normally would be unremarkable.

Except:

A) It's Monday and I'm normally not at work.
B) It was 9 a.m. and I'm normally in bed.
C) The car in front of me not only has a McCain/Palin bumper sticker,
it also has a "Go Gators/Florida" license plate holder. - If it
weren't for the reporter standing next to me, I would have poured my
coffee all over the car.

Friggin' Mondays.

Also:

LOCAL NADER STAFF TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE LAUNCHING OF NEW OFFICE
Launches New York Office and 21 Others Nation-Wide
WHO:      Ralph Nader for President
WHAT:    Press Conference
WHEN:    Tuesday, October 14 at 11 a.m.
WHERE:    2617 South Salina St, Syracuse

With three weeks to go until the ballots are counted, Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will open a campaign office in Syracuse, New York Tuesday, October 14 where the local campaign staffers will be inviting press for an 11 a.m. conference. As part of its get-out-the-vote effort, the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign is adding 22 offices and nearly 50 field-staff staff to its base of thousands of volunteers this week, aiming at securing votes in 49 states. A map of all office locations is available at www.votenader.org.

Recent polls indicate that a growing number of independent voters are moving away from the two parties in the wake of last week's Wall Street bailout. The Wall Street Journal and CNN put Nader's support at 5 and 6 percent in this third presidential campaign, despite having been excluded from the presidential debates so far. Offices are opening in swing states such as Colorado and Pennsylvania as well Florida, where Obama is polling at 52 percent and McCain at 45, and where an October 1 poll by CNN found Nader pulling votes from the Republicans.

About the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign
The Nader/Gonzalez independent presidential candidacy is on the ballot in 45 states, polling at 5-6 percent nationally. A recent Time/CNN poll has Nader polling 8 percent in New Mexico, 7 percent in Colorado, 7 percent in Pennsylvania, and 6 percent in Nevada - all battleground states.

Friggin' Nader