If Cali is correct, this could go on for another month or beyond. That would be real reality television. Riveting and entertaining. Not good for the writers out on strike.

Time to chuck Tom Brokhaw for Jerry Springer.

I am not understanding your point with regards to Florida. You indicated Obama would be in trouble because Hillary will win in Florida. You then note that it will be a factor only if something "other than the expected" occurs there. Well, she is heavily expected to win in Florida. So how will that help her, according to you, if she does? Can't Florida, with your line of argumentation, only help Obama (unless he receives almost NO votes)? Ironically, for support, you point to Michigan where Obama arguably received more publicity because Hillary only beat "uncommitted" by 16 points or so. Doesn't that support my argument that a loss in Florida won't hurt Obama at all?

Wow - a month or more of bickering could be more than I could have hoped for. It makes me chuckle to watch Mrs. Clinton seethe when she doesn't get her way.

As a person, I like Obama. He'd be a guy with whom I think it would be fun to see a ball game - hang out at Comerica Park and taunt the Yankees.

I'm going to pull for him from the Dems - not because I want him to be President, but because of the fun it would be watching the Clintons come unglued when their sense of entitlement is ignored.

What does that mean to a politician, "be yourself"? The better ones are able to project authenticity while doing the political thing. Let's watch this week as McCain, a stick in the mud on Bush tax cuts, suddenly becomes the tax cutting king in the face of economic woes. He learned something from Michigan.

They all do it Mike, so why hold Mitt's feet to the fire? Is that you just don't like to see fellow tribe members play that game, that it somehow reflects badly on your utopian view of things?

Mitt's miscalculation was not that he changed his views but that he pandered to a voting block that would never give him full loyalty. He thought they would be able to see through his Mormoness, that they could find common ground and religion wouldn't matter. Big gamble, he lost.

A faultering economy has given him his true voice. Will it be enough?

well, the problem with me and Mitt, is that he has changed in ways that are 180 degrees different from my views. If you are going to change, at least have the decency to change to my positions.

Agreed. He does and says some really strange things. There was a video released of him yesterday that shows him with a bunch of African-American supporters in South Carolina. As he puts his arm around one of the girls for a picture, he says "Who let the dogs out, Who, Who Who...." Sooo very awkward.

I said no such thing. *Sigh* These conversations with you never change. All I said was that it matters, in contrast to you who said it does NOT matter. This is not complicated.

If Hillary wins as expected it will boost her campaign's credentials, even if it gets only cursory media attention in the wake of the Republican contest. If Obama wins against expectations, it will likely get HUGE coverage.

It's a mystery to me how you've retreated under the "no delegates, no matter" tent.

Just for review and your short attention span:

Is it any more awkward than Mrs. Clinton and Obama and their fake southern accents when they were in Selma, Alabama?

I really didn't think this would be complicated.

You said:

To which I responded that it doesn't matter if Hillary wins Florida, because they have no delegates (i.e., Obama losing Florida doesn't hurt him).

You then responded with:

And you went on to note that:

Hillary is absolutely expected to win Florida. As you noted, that doesn't matter, unless something "unexpected" occurs. Since you brought all of this up in the context of Florida harming Obama by voting for Hillary, you must be of the opinion that Obama will do much worse in Florida than he is currently expected to do (which is to lose by double digits) (which sounds kind of crazy to me).

Clinton's WAS quite awkward. Obama's sounded quite natural. But yes, I would say Romney's was even more awkward. It looked like a white dude trying to act like what he thought black people acted like (and missing horribly).