Drink early, drink often

Are you a little on edge about the privilege/pressure of casting a presidential primary ballot that will actually have meaning on the national stage for the first time in ages? Maybe you should mellow out with a ballot brewski.
Barney's Beanery (with locations in West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Pasadena) will be conducting its traditional "Roadhouse Official Beer Vote" poll on Monday and Tuesday. Drop into your area Barney's any time Monday or (please) after you've cast your ballot Tuesday (up to 8 p.m.) and order up a Bud, Bud Lite, Coors or Heineken. Each $3 draft represents a vote for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain or Mitt Romney. (Ron Paul, I guess, is expected to be crying in his own beer.)
If you "vote" often enough, you probably won't care that the results are meaningless. Barney's reps remind us that the November 2004 beer vote at the Santa Monica pub went to John Kerry by a 2-to-1 margin.