The New York Times updates on the candidates’ efforts to snag super-delegates in the event that the Democratic presidential nomination is not be settled in the primaries and caucuses.  Super-delegate Donna Brazile, last heard threatening to quit the party over the possible impasse, is getting lobbied by her niece.  Meanwhile, the candidates state their positions: Mr. Obama, talking to reporters in Seattle on Friday, said he believed superdelegates should follow the

As long as people whose work I normally respect and enjoy, like Jules Crittenden, continue to write pieces about how McCain refuseniks should “grow up” and stop throwing a “tantrum,” I guess I will have to continue writing pieces that point out that their position is hypocritical and their approach is counter-productive to their goal. Sen. McCain’s media supporters demand that everyone immediately rush to show party loyalty for one of the GOP’s worst cheaters.  There are less

 (a Serr8d joint)  

Set the Wayback Machine, Sherman.

To what is this generation of young men coming? A recent series of surveys in the United States found teenage girls are now drinking alcohol as much as or more than their male counterparts. James Garbarino, the head of Loyola University’s Humanistic Psychology Department, said the negative change in U.S. teenage girls’ behaviors was indicative of the movement to increase gender equality nationwide, The Washington Post reported Sunday. “When you

Patti Smith hates labels, but if you had to choose a phrase to describe the U.S. singer, poet, political activist and painter, it might be . . .

Huckabee. Also, calling Arthur Miller. 

Who?  The Archmoonbat of Wankerbury?  (a Serr8d joint) No!   Haven’t they suffered enough?

The Democratic angst over the Michigan and Florida delegations grows as more people ponder the possibility that neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama will lock up the nomination before the party’s convention. Dan and Carin flagged the growing dispute about the Michigan delegation this morning. The Michigan Democratic Party said Friday that Sen. Hillary Clinton will get 73 pledged delegates, while 55 delegates will be uncommitted since Sen.

Coulter’s speech can be viewed in its entirety here. One line that sticks with me: “If [the conservative grassroots] had a month, we could have educated primary voters” — and McCain would never have gotten the Republican nomination. But alas.