but not by the margins earlier predicted. It’s a funny thing how much the margins in Wisconsin tend to vary.  It’s also a funny thing how much late counts in Milwaukee and Madison tend to play a role in how votes go. Wisconsin’s electoral votes always seem up for grabs, and always seem to go to the Democratic candidate by a very narrow margin after late results from Milwaukee and Madison, sometimes

Media morons continue to confuse “madcap,” “schizophrenic” for Irish. Forget Beijing. Madcap Irishman Colin Carroll, part-time sumo “flyweight” and a world champion in elephant polo, has unveiled plans to launch the “Paddy Olympics.” While his latest brainwave has perhaps come a little too late to steal the thunder from this year’s Beijing Olympics, the 35-year-old reckons he has struck gold with his idea. “We would have the old favorites like

Among “Wideasses”. Early returns show Wisconsin breaking for Obama by a wipeout 60 to 40 margin.  Speaking as a Wisconsin native, I can assure you that the Wideass population of my home state is quite high, so these results don’t surprise me at all.  Many Wisconsin grocery stores have expanded to 4 lanes to deal with the congestion issues. Why, you may ask, has Wisconsin gone so heavily for Barack?  There

that needs shredding?  Let me recommend this. Tell them Protein Wisdom sent you. 

Can a Polish woman find true happiness with an Irishman? A variety of opinions are expressed here.  Outrage? Frankly, I think she’s old enough to lend a hand.

Esta.    Hahahahaha!  Stupid Bush! Wha?  Who? 

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The Associated Press misreports: The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Tuesday to the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. The bias here is blatant, insofar as the Terrorist Surveillance Program involves international communications and there is no evidence that US persons have ever been targeted by the program without a warrant. Not even Rick Ellensburg, in his usual high dudgeon over the issue, could bring himself to so badly mislabel the program.

At the Wall Street Journal, Jonathan Kaufman notes the historical influence of working-class white men in American politics: Once, blue-collar males were the bedrock of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition. They became “Reagan Democrats,” helping to propel Ronald Reagan into office in the 1980s. Bill Clinton won many of them back to the Democratic Party in 1992. Two years later they were “angry white males,” resentful of affirmative action and

The Politico’s Roger “NotL” Simon reports that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Sen. Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.  She can do this because the “pledged” delegates  are not really pledged, even on the first ballot. At OpenLeft, Chris Bowers notes that Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan went after each other’s delegates at