I'm going to throw a wrench into the "last-minute decider" that the MSM likes to repeat over and over.

NEWS:
Losing Its Middlemen, Senate Shifts to Right (Los Angeles Times)  

A changing of the guard from the election helps explain why the Senate -- like the greater political landscape -- has become so polarized. Many centrists are leaving Congress; unvarnished conservatives are arriving in their place.

Plus: Success for Montana's Democrats; A profile of Harry Reid; Warner in '08?; The disappearing Souther Democrat; and op-ed from Thomas Oliphant and Maureen Dowd.

In today's roundup: Dems grieving on the Internets; Biology in Georgia; Merck's Vioxx coverup; U.S. torture flights; Red state welfare; Al-Qaeda and nukes; Morale values; Election Night TV coverage; Sex Ed nonsense in Texas.

NEWS:
Bordering On Nukes?: New accounts from al-Qaeda to attack the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction (Time)

A key al-Qaeda operative seized in Pakistan recently offered an alarming account of the group's potential plans to target the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, senior U.S. security officials tell TIME. Sharif al-Masri, an Egyptian who was captured in late August near Pakistan's border with Iran and Afghanistan, has told his interrogators of "al-Qaeda's interest in moving nuclear materials from Europe to either the U.S. or Mexico," according to a report circulating among U.S. government officials.

So many of us are so seriously strapped for time that I thought we might try a daily roundup of 8-10 news and op-ed items. If some of you find this helpful, I'll keep doing it. If you're rather have each day on one subject, we could try that too. And if you think it's a waste of time, hey, speak up.