West Virginia Republicans allocate their delegates by convention, and the party activists who showed up there voted for Huckabee. He got 52% of the votes. Mitt Romney got 47%. That doesn’t leave much left over for John McCain. More thoughts… Continue Reading
Primary elections are about getting delegates. Today, something like 40% of the states will have at least one primary election and after today, more than half of the total delegates will be awarded, for both parties. For the Democrats, the… Continue Reading
I was very pleased to see United Airlines cut fares from Palmdale to San Francisco. It gets The Wife and I thinking that we’ll buy tickets and fly out of here instead of looking for more affordable airfare from Burbank… Continue Reading
The FBI wants to collect and amalgamate a variety of biometric data on Americans – not just criminals, but all Americans and a number of non-Americans, too. Seems to me that if the biometric data is given up, either as… Continue Reading
This is small-town politics executed clumsier than usual. First there was the “God resolution” and now this. Actually, the return of the term limits puts the “God resolution” in a whole new light, as the Commissioners were clearly scrambling for… Continue Reading
Turns out, real Parmigiano-Reggiano tastes better than the crappy yellow sawdust that Kraft sells in the green tube. Real food tastes better than its fake “equivalent.” Every time. It’s got more umami.
We didn’t see the ad here. But Barack Obama ran ads on the Super Bowl. Fox, the network that broadcast the game, wouldn’t sell ads to any of the campaigns, claiming that it was all sold out, but Obama bought… Continue Reading
I’d like it if I lost some weight. A lot of Americans are like that; people who concern themselves with national health issues are right to note that Americans are, on average, overweight and that this causes a greater strain… Continue Reading
22 poll respondents here at NAPP voted on their predictions for the Super Bowl back before the conference championships. Only two picked the New York Football Giants to win; indeed, more than two thirds liked the Patriots to win. (I… Continue Reading
The Giants played everyone tough, and they kept their heads when New England came back late. A really good game. Does this mean Clinton (NY) beats Romney (Mass.)? I don’t think so. That wouldn’t be an upset.