United Nations Monitoring US Election

This is good news.  The sad thing is that it's necessary in the most visible western democracy:

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was invited to monitor the election by the State Department. The observers will come from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

It will be the first time such a team has been present for a U.S. presidential election.

It's a shame that the world can't vote in the US elections.  I don't think Bush (or any other unilateral xenophobes) would stand a chance.  US foreign policy affects everyone worldwide - from us up in Canada to those murdered by the hundreds of thousands in Africa.

Political rant ends...  now.