Remember when this was Hillary Clinton’s election to lose? Well, she’s losing it. At press time, she was 5-1 just to win the Democratic bid; Barack Obama is sweeping the nation at 2-13 to represent the Dems and 8-15 to become the next President of the United States of America.

Handicapping this election requires a certain political sangfroid that might be difficult to muster. It’s one thing to bet against your favorite team, but to make an objective bet against a politician who you agree with (or even more difficult, on a politician who makes you want to throw up) is a big test – especially given what passes for sharp political analysis these days.

If you haven’t already, turn off CNN. Turn off Fox News. Turn off all the pundits that get skewered on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Then – and this was the hardest part for me – turn off those two programs, too. Watch some PBS instead.