Burt Prelutsky is a Hollywood TV writer whose career stretches almost 40 years, including Dragnet, M*A*S*H and Family Ties. But there's a twist: he's that rarest of breeds, the Hollywood conservative.

He has an interesting theory on the election: "If you want to know who’s going to emerge victorious, all you really need to do is find out how many people have cats living with them and how many have dogs. The cat people, I have decided, will go overwhelmingly for Kerry; the dog lovers will do the same for Bush."

Check it out--it's a fun essay.