Leave it to my readers to help me solve life's little mysteries. Yesterday I wondered aloud, "Who's posting those large 'Vote Early' signs on all the telephone poles in my neighborhood?" One observant reader has pointed out that the fine print at the bottom of the sign refers you here (the site of a pro-Kerry group). Another notes that by having the faithful in Democratic stronghold neighborhoods vote early, canvassers for Kerry can concentrate their hounding on voters who haven't voted, thus producing a bigger "blue" turnout. They won't be wasting their time preaching to the choir.

I learn something new every day. Thanks, folks.