Polls like this one are saying that if the next presidential election were held today, by a slim margin, registered American voters would vote for an unnamed Democrat over George W. Bush. This is good news for the Democrats but, given their track record, they'll probably blow it by eventually naming someone. Then watch their advantage plummet.
It's bothered me for a few days that I erroneously recalled that Fred Allen died while walking his dog. It probably isn't worth two thoughts, but I was sure I'd read that somewhere. Turns out, I did. The producer of What's My Line?, Gil Fates, wrote a book about the history of that show. In it, he says Allen was walking a dog when he suffered the fatal heart attack. This is apparently wrong, but at least I can stop wondering why I thought that.