As an aside the front page article in the SF Chronicle was about how people in your area are planning to vote in the upcoming election. I think they interviewed four folks from various parts of the political spectrum (an elementary school teach, retired NRA supported, a rancher and a single mom w/four kids i think?). The gist of the article was about how Nevada might be a fairly important state because of its five electoral votes and how the state might be swaying Dem after being Repub for a very long time.