I have to do this quickly, but here are some thoughts that spring from this post Paul was gracious enough to inspire.

Only now that Obama has a miniscule lead of 128,736 in the number of votes cast (and that includes assigning all the “uncommitted” votes in Michigan to Obama) has the media focused on total votes cast.

This is the sound of CD blowing a gasket. Not with Paul, but with the whole idea that “uncommitted” must mean Obama. Dammit, does anyone care that Edwards, who came in 2nd in Iowa and at that time that ’meant something’ to primary participants, was not on the ballot? Or that votes for him would not be counted, even write-ins? Why is this no longer a valid question under discussion as the “votes” in MI are or are not counted/alloted? No, I will not “just get over” disenfranchisement, and anyway, you should care that people like me voted in the Republican primary as you ’figure out’ what the Dem primary vote count “means.”  Read more