From Holden:

They’re all the rage.

Popular Vote

Kerry 53%

Bush 46%

Nader, etc. 1%

Electoral Vote

Kerry 305

Bush 233

Misc.

Plame indictments before Christmas.

Halliburton indictments before March ’05.

Multitiude of Coalition Provisional Authority-related corruption indictments by June ’05.

No elections in Iraq in January ’05.

Kerry administration releases Cheney Energy Task Force documents, but no criminal proceedings reslut.