Chili for watching election returns

It has finally turned chilly in Dallas, so I decided to make chili (haha, get it) for dinner. This is a really good recipe that comes from A.'s Acton Elementary's 1st grade chili cookoff during 1986, the year of the Texas sesquicentennial. I've made it many times since then. It is a good recipe to make for a crowd, and I thought a good thing to eat while watching election returns tonight

Lasso Chili
Quantity: a lot

Brown together in a large pot:
2 pounds ground beef
2 cups chopped onion
2 cups chopped green pepper

Add:
2 cans whole, stewed, or diced tomatoes with juice
2 cans tomato sauce or 1 can tomato paste with water
2 cans kidney beans

Then add the spices:
2 tablespoons chili powder
4 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons brown sugar
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 large bay leaf
2 teaspoons basil
2 teaspoons oregano
2 chopped garlic cloves

Simmer together for at least 30 minutes, or put it in the crockpot and eat it when you get home from work.