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Is there an $ in re$olute?

Resolute Pronunciation: ˈre-zə-lüt Function: adjective Etymology: Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere Date: 1533 1 : marked by firm determination. WASHINGTON - Her money drained and her options dwindling, a resolute Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to press on with her presidential bid even as she and top advisers were hard-pressed to describe a realistic path for her to wrest the nomination from Barack Obama . Politics is a funny business. Not funny (ha-ha), funny (strange). Most of us, in the real world, faced with drained finances and dwindling options would just bag it and throw ourselves on the mercy of the court, as it were. Our resolution would be our downfall. Politicians however, seem to take the opposite tack. They feel as though their supporters (the dwindling money part) deserve to have them fight it out to the last breath, lest they think their money was wasted. They appreciate resolution because to them, the candidate owes it to her supporters to fight...

The re-focused crystal ball.

Wendell: It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff? Ed Tom Bell : If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here. - "No Country for Old Men" Today , I'm more sure than ever that this Democrat race for the White House is going to be a giant mess. As we have seen in past elections, there is a difference between the delegate count and the popular vote. Popular vote can be translated to "what the people want", and we all know what happens to what the people want. We have at least two sets of numbers working, and maybe three if you count political spin... This is the delegate count: Obama - 1724 Clinton - 1593 A candidate needs 2024 to get the nomination. This is the popular vote count: Obama - 14.4 million Clinton - 13.9 million or Clinton - 15.1 million Obama - 15 million Or? There's an or , folks. There's always an or. Clinton is including Michigan and Florida , primaries she won after all the candidates agreed to boycott the states for holding votes...