More on Dreams and the Candidates

Last week, Slate writer David Plotz offered to collect people’s dreams about Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. Today, Plotz and co-writer Abby Callard published 20 of the 500 dreams they collected. These are very interesting to read, particularly in light of Sheila Heti’s earlier collections of dreams about McCain, Clinton, and Obama.

What do these dreams say about Palin as a potential vice president or (heavens forbid) president? What do they say about the dreamers? On a personal level, we know that only the dreamer knows for sure what his or her dream truly means. On a national level, perhaps this is a game best played in hindsight, after a candidate has won or lost and we can point to dream patterns for clues to tell us why.

Meanwhile, for those of you seeking for more patterns in the stars or in ourselves, here is a round-up of astrological predictions for the upcoming election. Does anyone else besides me wish this were over already?