Howard Dean Will Ruin Florida This Time
Friday, March 21st, 2008
From Al Gore to John Kerry to the opera-loving liberal Rudy Giuliani, Democrats have a long and proud history of bungling the Florida vote. And so for many months, the same question has hung on every Democrat’s lips: which political figure will be the one to ruin the party’s chances of winning Florida in the 2008 presidential election? The answer may surprise you! MORE »
From Al Gore to John Kerry to the opera-loving liberal Rudy Giuliani, Democrats have a long and proud history of bungling the Florida vote. And so for many months, the same question has hung on every Democrat’s lips: which political figure will be the one to ruin the party’s chances of winning Florida in the 2008 presidential election? The answer may surprise you! MORE »
NO THEY CAN’T: NO NEW PRIMARY FOR MICHIGAN: So the Michigan Democratic state leadership and Carl Levin didn’t agree on whatever and now Hillary can’t have another Michigan primary, so … Obama wins, somehow, even though she won the pretend primary? Anyway, hooray Michigan! We hear you! So, no re-do in Florida or Michigan. This thing may end by 2037 after all. [
While he may not have won more delegates than Senator Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has still won the state of California through sheer force of charm and “momentum.” It turns out that he keeps winning more delegates, even though the polls have been closed for years, but most news organizations can’t bother to update their numbers because they can’t do math. 
Meet Chris Peden, a Republican accountant and small-town Texas councilman. If all goes well, on March 4 this charming young conservative is going to 
So much for resolving anything on Super Duper Stupid Tuesday. Chuck Todd is on the MSNBC right now, doing the modern-day Tim Russert act of scribbling on a computer tablet instead of the dry-erase board popularized in the previous century. And guess what? This is all pretty much a grim $100-million stalemate. 
Hello friends of the West! Our polls just closed. It’s time to hear Chris Matthews and Wolf Blitzer tell us about our new presidents of the Bear Republic of California. WHO WILL WIN???? Let’s do the liveblogging, if Hillary will ever shut up over in New York City. Obama has Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Utah, Illinois, etc. Hillary got Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, etc., who cares, it’s Californication Time! 
Jesus, another debate? Didn’t we just have about 17 consecutive nights of debates in South Carolina and Florida? Well, now it’s back to the Ronald Reagan Library and Giant Prop Air Force One Plane for what will be a glorious night if only because Rudy Giuliani 
With 22% of the Florida precincts reporting, McCain is just ahead of Romney, 34%-31%. Guess who is the world’s biggest loser? Ron Paul! But the real loser is Rudy “Nobody Remembers 9/11 No More” Giuliani. He bet everything on Florida, say the teevee people. He spent $30 million here. But then Republicans actually thought for a moment about Rudy, and they all said, “No, no, that is one thing that will never ever be president of anything, not even 9/11.” Let’s live-blog this one, too. Or “liveblog” it, as they say in Florida. 
Hillary Clinton has won zero delegates but 48% of the precincts have been counted up and guess who’s president again? Sorry, Obama. What does it mean? 
