[NOTE: You could also post cute pictures of puppies for Leah. That seems to be the only thing that will induce her to post.]

[UPDATE Welcome, Cheetopians! If only Obama were a real progressive!]

This one has me really worried, because before NH, OH/TX, and PA I felt doomstruck and hopeless and depressed, and Hillary won them*.

So, now I’m feeling pretty good, and that gives me that old “It’s quiet. Too quiet” feeling. It’s bad if I feel good, so I’m going to be biting my nails and chewing o my hands today.

Let’s repeat the expectations:  Read more 

All at the same time.  Read more 

Survey USA, which has been the gold standard of polls this election season, just released their latest results for Pennsylvania.

Hillary leads Obama by 18 points. MyDD has more.

SUSA was the one that correctly predicted Hillary’s 10 point win in California when many others showed it to be a close race or even had Obama ahead.

Don’t want to hear it? Too bad. Way to blow the entire election, Dems. Without MI and FL, McStain certainly looks more problematic, no?

The poll also asked what impact the failure to count votes would have on the November elections, and Gelber warned that the results should send a message to national political leaders, and Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Voters said that if the controversy is not resolved and Florida Democratic voters do not have a voice in choosing the Democratic nominee, only 63 percent will still vote with Democrats.

“We need that in the 80s or 90s,” Geller said. Among the other voters: 14 percent said they would send a protest vote and consider voting for a Republican, 12 percent said they were unsure, 6 percent said they wouldn’t vote for the Democrat for president but would for state and local races and 5 percent said they wouldn’t vote at all.

Let me just say that I can understand how they feel.

One of the better roundups on the state of the “first” primaries to date. I’ll exerpt the whole thing, be advised there are live links at the original post.

by: John Deeth
Saturday (09/08) at 07:14 AM

The Iowa Caucuses will be Jan. 14. No, seriously, Jan. 14.
That’s the official word out of Des Moines Saturday as the Iowa Democratic Party’s state central committee met, mostly in closed session, without taking action in response to other states that have moved their contests ahead of the Democratic National Committee’s official calendar.  Read more 

I’ve got a lot to do today, so the short version: we need to get moving on what we are going to do and say in anticipation of the megaprimary that will happen next year on Feb 5. It’s a whole new primary ballgame, having one so early and so huge, I know Lambert and others hate it, but it’s the reality and we can’t change it for now. We’ve got less than a year to flex the muscle, so let’s talk about it. Here’s the complete list of primary dates for both parties.  Read more 

I have tried to stay out of this mess, as I can see both sides of the argument. Readers, what do you think? Can Democrats ever use FOX to their advantage? Is there a way to “get through to” a FOX viewer, if you’re a Democrat or liberal? There is a lot to this story, beyond just knee-jerk distrust of FOX, and not all bloggers agree on a course of action.  Read more