Sandy has distracted attention from and cast doubts about every aspect of Election 2012. But here are some relatively weather-proofed items of interest from today's talk at Washington Monthly:

* More analysis--this time relying on John Sides--showing that too much obsession about undecided voters is a strategic mistake for Team Obama.

* Summary of public opinion on California's eleven ballot initiatives.

* Given all the talk about the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney, you'd hope some people would actually read it and discern its idiocy.

* Query: Should climate change activists go over the top in using Sandy as a teaching moment?

We'll see how the hot wind of the campaign interacts with Sandy's wild weather.