November 4 is Black Tuesday. Grab your tent!

We Americans love November. It's the month when we change the clocks and gain an hour of sleep. It's the month when we stuff ourselves with Turkey one night, and rush out of the house hours later to address our gluttonous guilt by standing in line for the Must-Have Toy of the Year. And, of course, November is the month when we vote.

Maybe you couldn't wait for November. Maybe you're one of the 13 million eager voters who braved cold weather, lines as long as a quarter mile, and the incredulous stares of those with common sense, just for the opportunity to vote early. Like those shoppers waiting in tents for Circuit City to open at 2AM on Thanksgiving night, some Americans just can't wait for election day.

While its heartening that so many people are voting, the fact that they're doing so early seems entirely un-American. Voting late? That's American. Not voting at all? As American as apple pie. But voting early? It's just not right.

Maybe people think that they'll avoid even longer lines on election day. Or, maybe this country has become so passionate about politics, and the state of the union, that it simply can't wait to exercise its democracy. Heck, even in Tennessee, over 1.5 million people have already cast their vote knowing full well that "that one" doesn't stand a chance here. Maybe America is changing.

Most likely, however, we're just hungover from 8 years of bad turkey, and, like the throngs of people that will race to the mall on Thanksgiving night, we simply can't wait to over-compensate for the bad choices we've made.

And that's as American as it gets.