The May 6th Democratic Primaries

So Clinton just declared victory although both CNN and MSNBC haven't declared a winner because both have a case of CYA. She quoted Obama saying that Indiana will be the tiebreaker and declared she's on the way to the White House since she won Indiana. They're both wrong. Clinton took Indiana, but she didn't break any tie in terms of delegates or the popular vote. Obama still has those numbers going for him. Pack the suntan lotion baby, looks like we're going to Puerto Rico!

All the pundits are saying that a long drawn out Democrat (a disparaging moniker coined by the GOP) primary is no good for all the obvious reasons, but maybe it's not so bad after all.

McCain gets less press because of all the attention on the Democrats. His "get to know me" tour and his distancing away from Bush hasn't got all that much attention. The Democrats sign on more and more voters to the party. Yeah, he gets to add to the treasure chest, but if Obama wins, McCain is toast - Obama will raise gazillions more dollars than McCain.

More importantly, the eventual nominee will have less time to duel with McCain and that means less exposure to the Republican attack machine (RAM). Less time for all those RAM super negative ads on the air, pounding voters into submission. I can imagine McCain learning from Bush's black baby ad and putting out something more vile to demean Obama. Suppose Obama won New Hampshire and took California. Obama and McCain would have been having it out starting in March (I think). And do you really believe that they're going to have a civil discourse? More like "a frank and serious exchange of ideas".

Obama did not sound convincing in whatever interview - I think it was 60 minutes - when he tried to convince us, the voters that he could win the big states by naming some "big" states he won. He mentioned Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Virginia (Richmond, outskirts of DC), Missouri (St. Louis, Kansas City). You gotta be kidding me. Compared to California, Texas and Massachusetts, the states Obama mentioned just don't measure up. Apples to Oranges.

And this elitist tag thing. Clinton and Obama both came from modest upbringings and to an extent, McCain. You want elitist? Bush 43 - Andover (or whatever super exclusive boarding school he attended), Yale, Harvard. Henny, penny, the sky is falling! What gives? But Clinton has been living very well for a long while now - Obama... not so long. One way for Obama to help dispel the elitist tag is to get his basketball playing coverage out there even more. He can play - no look passes, easy layups and a smooth jump shot. You have to think the average income of the playground basketball playing person is in the vicinity of that demographic he's having trouble with. And the clip of Clinton explaining in a matter of factly, oh I haven't filled up a gas tank for awhile, the Secret Service does that. I know some Clinton advisor slapped his/her hand to his/her forehead as she said that.