If Obama is president, man, he'll change the weather, and we'll, like, have perfect tubes forever! I'm so stoked! I was going to vote in the primary, you know, but then I forgot I wasn't registered, and then I had to score, but then the polls were closed. Did you see the lastest Warren Miller, man? I was so stoked.

Youth have yet to rock the vote in any general election. We will see, but it is entirely possible that with slightest shift in the wind, their attention will be elsewhere in November.

Well, I suppose my mighty sarcasm is in reality quite puny. The whole point of that screed was illustrate that the dude was too spaced to register to vote. Whether or not the youth vote shows up or stays home, that dude piece is tabloid. If I want tabloid, I can stick with the Drudge report, who faithfully executes in that genre.

And I agree that some people are not going to vote for Hillary because she is a woman. That includes men and women. Some people are not going to vote for Obama because of his skin color. Just like some people are never going to vote for the democratic candidate. I don't think we should let the tail wag the dog. For whatever reason, it looks like the younger folks are politically roused, I think its going to talk more than a little breeze for them to cool off.

Then: Don't trust anyone over 30

Now: Don't trust anyone under 60

I concurr about Greenspan.

I still remember Greenspan giving that bogus advice that homeowners should switch to adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). He waited until rates fell to their lowest before he offered this advice, and then he failed to note that it was likely that rates had bottomed out and that future rate increases were much more likely than decreases. How did that turn out? I'm not sure I want to put this guy in charge of cleaning up the mess he helped create.

It's also interesting to note that Greenspan has never renounced his perference for some type of gold standard, though he may be on to something with that one, given how the Fed has hosed everything.

Hillary had some pretty scary stuff to say about Greenspan (IMHO)

He has a calming influence still to this day on Wall Street—don't ask me why because I never understand what he's saying [emp added] — but nevertheless people respond to that Delphic oracle approach. I think it would be wise to include him. And recently he's come out, and very smartly so, that we have to deal with housing and maybe we need to have some kind of buyout mechanism for mortgages. So he's moved on his understanding and depth of the problem— but you know you could pick three others. You just have to have some demonstrable involvement of presidential leadership.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/03/hillary_clinton_can_not_think.html

Texas Monthly asked a "respected" astrologer who would win. She consulted the stars and see a probable Democratic victory in Texas. If that happens, I will start believing in Western Astrology.

Wow, save that link. If that happens, I may have to drive out for my own consultation.

Had to go out for some windex

Everyone is afraid of the badass Tejas Smith. We will avert our eyes when you pull the lever for the democratic nominee.

Parsley is the one who thinks it is part of the destiny of the US to engage in holy war with all Muslims:

Mr Parsley speaks of Allah as a “demon spirit” and urges "war between Islam and Christian civilisation". There is no difference between violent Islamist extremists and moderate Muslims, he argues. [...] The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3548250.ece

So go ahead with McCain and the party with the Armageddon platform. Just get ready to buy McCrusade tee-shirts for the kids and grandkids. It's one thing to see the hand of god in natural disasters punishing your enemies. This is a completely different enchilada.

I'd suggest listening to more talk radio. They're focusing on taxes and NAFTA right now.

If you are a Democrat, right now you are watching McCain's approval ratings climb, while those of Hillary and Obama are holding steady or dropping. By and large the press isn't challenging McCain because the Democrats aren't challenging McCain. There's no he said she said stories to report on. No conflict. No story. There's a point of diminishing returns where it's better for the party to consolidate and move ahead.

Well, there is some raw numbers in the exit poll data: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660890/

I've been waiting for someone to volunteer to comb through the entire set of these numbers. For example, in Mississippi, 12 % of the vote was by republicans with a 75/25 Hillary/Obama split, while in Iowa 3% of the vote was republicans with a 10/44 Hillary/Obama split.

What's missing the is intent of the voters. Are they voting for a candidate, and would vote the same in the fall, or are they voting against?

Good Evening!