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It's the convention, damnit!

It's the Democrat convention. We're supposed to call it the Democratic Convention, but that implies that it's the democratic process and not merely the convention, so I'll call it the Democrat Convention. I hope you don't mind. By the way, I also call them the Florida Marlin, since the plural of marlin is marlin, not marlins as the major leagues would have us believe, but I digress. The convention is a big pep rally, and I was never one to fall for pep rallies when I was in high school. The game was on Saturday and the pep rally was on Friday afternoon. I can't concentrate that long. The election is in November, right? Between here and then the repugnicans will come up with something to divert our attention from the issues at hand. That's what advertising is all about and it is certainly what politics is about. So far, I've heard some music and seen some people jiggling around (pretending that they are dancing) and making believe (for the TV cameras...

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...