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That’s Reuters/Zogby. No one else has it that big a leap. But they almost all show an Obama surge. Even if no one wins outright tomorrow night – or even close in delegates – a victory for one of them in a big majority states will surely foster an end-game.

They all do in the end:

"I’m beginning to question his sincerity."

 

An audience member at the London play Equus remarks upon the nudity of Alfie Allen:

His penis acquitted itself well in the circumstances, not embarrassing its owner or the audience with any notice-me antics. Though the actors emitted a certain amount of noise (as is their scripted wont), and shifted about the stage to maintain a sense of momentum, his penis was the star of the show as mute eye candy, just hanging there – sometimes dancing about in livelier moments – as penises do. From a dramatic perspective, his penis is rather like Lady Bracknell’s handbag – an inanimate MacGuffin – though in this instance, seen but not talked about, whereas the handbag is unseen but much talked about.

Now they have posters comparing John McCain to Benedict Arnold.

Fareed understands the core conviction of Hillary Clinton – never be outflanked by Republicans:

She is highly intelligent, has real experience and is an attractive candidate. But she is terrified to act on her beliefs. In fact, she seems so conditioned by what she sees as political constraints that one can barely tell where her beliefs begin and where those constraints end.

It’s generational and it’s clinical and it impedes our ability to have a candid, honest debate.

"Liberal America may be slapping itself on the back that the two main contenders for the Democratic ticket are a woman and a black man, but the elephant in the room is a pink one. Where is the gay candidate? The Republicans are all heterosexual males – that goes without saying – but for those who had higher hopes for the Democrats, disappointment is the name of the game. When Bill Clinton first won the White House, Fleetwood Mac reformed and played at his inauguration. But hell will freeze over before the Village People get back together and sing YMCA while the Pink Prez and his First Boyfriend waltz into the Oval Office." – Johann Hari.

Greg Mankiw on the inflation-protected bond market:

A rise in expected inflation is not consistent with the conventional wisdom that the economy is on the verge of a serious slump driven by inadequate aggregate demand. It is, however, consistent with the hypothesis that policymakers are overreacting to some bad economic news with excessive monetary and fiscal stimulus.

Music is becoming a core part of the Obama movement. Here’s the "Yes We Can" song on more time:

Meanwhile, in Seattle, more musicians are expressing themselves politically. Enjoy:

Making Fired Up, Ready to Go

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Maybe the Grateful Dead just proved my essay wrong.

Compare and contrast:

"We’ve already done our big get-to-know-you interview with Mitt Romney, but with Super Tuesday coming up in a couple of days and the race tight, we thought we’d catch up with him again. We asked him about gun control — he says he’ll veto any gun control bills that cross his desk as President, including a renewal of the "assault weapon" ban, which is more than George W. Bush ever promised," – Glenn Reynolds, today.

Russert: "So the assault ban that expired here because Congress didn’t act on it, you would support?"

Romney: "Just as the president said, he would have signed that bill if it came to his desk. And so would have I.=," – Meet The Press, December 16, 2007.