Allow me to vent for a second.

I realize that speculating about the next election is Washington’s favorite pastime, which is quickly followed by gossiping and complaining about Metro, but I’m sick of it.

The 2012 election is approximately 1,070 days away. Anything, literally anything can happen. There’s also a mid-term election coming up next year that could be a game changer. Sure, it’s likely that the GOP will pick up seats but it’s unknown if that will hurt or help our chances in 2012. There’s also a war going on in Afghanistan, a terrible economy, record government spending and a massive health care bill that could alter our society completely.

No one, and I repeat, no one knows what will happen in three years.

Think back to 2005. Did anyone think that John McCain and Barack Obama would become their parties’ nominees in 2008? If you did, please contact me. I’d like you to help me purchase stock and possibly pick out numbers to the next Powerball.

Unless you have the ability to predict the future, I’m absolutely sick of hearing guessing games about who will run in 2012. Let’s focus on next November first. There’s a lot of work ahead of us.