Isn't something important happening today?

Never mind the elections. On CNN and Fox News today, the big “Breaking News” item was Britney Spears filing for divorce from Kevin Federline. Now I am all for the dissolution of this marriage. Perhaps now we can get back to good, old, hot Britney. But just think what kind of coverage this “breaking news story” would get if it wasn’t – say – the day all Americans exercise their democratic rights and possibly change the course of history. Priorities, people, priorities.