A Poll for the Choir

Just out of curiosity, I am interested in your opinions (or statistical backup) on to what the Democratic candidates owe their supposed sure-fire victory this November.

Is it merely dissatisfaction with Iraq and the economy combined with identity politics and hype surrounding the first realistic female and black contenders?

Or does anyone want to make the case that the election of either of those two is proof of the beginning of a shift to the left among certain groups, potentially as blowback from "mistakes made" with Bush?

I'm not trying to prove a point (I haven't one), I am interested in a back-home perspective, and Lord knows I can't ask my parents.

McRibb Revisionism

This is pretty cool. Apparently McCain is all about drawing parallels between the current economic crisis and the Great Depression, but the solution this time (as apparently back then) has got nothing to do with government and/or a certain president best known by his FDR'ing initials.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/04/14/mccain-to-america-quot-i-care-quot.aspx

The Gay Tax

This is totally gay. Apparently we make gay domestic partners pay an extra tax surcharge.

Curiosity doesn't kill Jersey cats. US 155mm shells do.

If this isn't proof that we've ruffled some feathers with this blog. They're hitting closer and closer to home:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/13/artillary.cat.ap/index.html