For President: Senator Barack Obama, of course. The only question in DC is will he break the 90% barrier?

For DC Council At-Large: Anyone but the Marion Barry-endorsed Michael Brown, whose robo-calls have hit us several times during the dinner hour. I'm leaning towards voting for Patrick Mara, the socially liberal (pro-gay marriage, pro-choice) Republican who lives around the corner here in Columbia Heights, who could be good for our neighborhood, and Kwame Brown for the other open seat. As you know, a certain number of seats on the Council are set aside for non-Democrats for some reason.

Shadow Senator and Shadow Representative: I'll vote for the incumbents in these largely meaningless symbolic offices.

ANC Representative: Rather than endorsing someone for our local ANC seat, I urge everyone within earshot to write in something like "none of the above". William Jordan, legendary local conspiracy theorist and listserv spammer is unfortunately running unopposed. He will join Frank Winstead as an example of what's wrong with the entire ANC system.