From WeLoveDC’s twitter: “Wow. It’s 11:50, and there are 32 people in line *outside* Rays Hell Burger. Not even noon yet!” Thank you Obama.

It’s been established that wherever Obama goes, the tour buses and locals will follow, temporarily ruining eating for everyone who doesn’t like to wait in long lines for half smokes or gourmet burgers. In the future, Mr. President can you not stop by the following places:

*Pete’s

*The Mount Pleasant 7-11

*Old City

*The Whole Foods (Dupont Circle Logan Circle) sandwich counter.

*Soul Veg

*The CVS at Irving and 14th.

*The Columbia Heights Target on Saturday afternoons.

Emily Richardson, who voted in Maryland earlier today, stands outside the polling place at 19th & Kalorama Rds. NW wearing an elaborate beet costume. She’s campaigning for the Obama-Biden ticket nationally and for the Statehood Green ticket locally, but mostly, she’s campaigning against McCain. Richardson confirms that if McCain wins the election, she may destroy her costume, a delicious leftover from Halloween festivities. “I might just have to ‘beet’ it to death,” Richardsons says.

OK. The Veep Debate is over. Perhaps the most hyped debate ever turned out to be a bit of a snooze. While Slate’s press critic warned that the format was going to be a problem–a rapid pace of 90-second answers which could only lead to sound bites–I still hoped for fireworks. In Palin’s case, the 90-second answers turned into non-answers and sound bites that could be read/scanned from index cards.

Forget which candidate won or lost. Gwen Ifill was the real loser here. Could she have bothered to press either candidate (but especially Palin) when they refused–sometimes openly refused–to answer her questions. Or how about a follow-up when Palin suggested expanding the veep’s authority? Or what about healthcare? Ifill couldn’t even press Palin after the candidate dodged a softball on the candidates’ weaknesses. Or when Palin said this.

I would have also appreciated Ifill challenging Biden on how the Dems would leave Iraq. And what he thought about Amtrak’s pretty crummy snack options.

Don’t believe me that Ifill is biased against follow-ups? Slate agrees: Ifill lost this debate.

Anyway. Check out our live blogging over at the Sexist while you watch Keith.

*photo via Huffington Post.