After nearly two years of campaigning that has included tons of debates, stump speeches, robo-calls, blackberry invention and air quotes, we're finally here.  Today is the day, the day that all the hand wringing, breath holding, drunken arguing has really been about.  It's been so central to our consciousness, so present on our iCals, it's almost mind-boggling that we're actually here at it.  If today does indeed turn out to be the game-changer that every political pundit in the world has claimed that it will be, how are we to properly respond?  How does one handle something of such self-conscious import?  After I vote this morning, what on earth am I supposed to do?

After a lot of thinking, I've decided there's only one thing to do.  Watch some returns and get really drunk.  No matter what the result is, I'm pretty sure a whole bunch of alcohol is gonna find its way into my body.  Maybe this is more a statement on my general psychological well-being (or lackthereof) than the election, but, come on, this whole thing has been crazy stressful.  How much is one guy expected to handle?  I know you've felt the stress, the anxiety, the recent weariness.  I don't know how it is for everyone else, but I find myself longing for a shot of whiskey after every Olbermann comment, special or campaign.  But, I wonder if drinking is really the appropriate reaction to this event.  Well, obviously it isn't, plus it doesn't exactly represent the change that these campaigns and this day are supposed to be about.

So what will today hold?  I'm mentally prepared to stand in line for a while, I'm ready to sit with a lump in my throat as the numbers begin to be tallied.  Will there be mass, spontaneous celebrating, with confetti and whatnot like the end of World War II?  Will there be riots?  Is there a proper way to live through history?  Will this election even be that?

I don't have the answer to any of those questions.  But, without fail, today will.