Now that John McCain officially has the delegates to win the GOP presidential nomination, a few observations may be in order as he makes his way to the starting line for the general election. The latest Pew poll suggests that the word that comes to mind most often to describe McCain is “old.”  However, current Gallup data suggests that fewer people see McCain’s age as an issue than was the

The Atlantic’s Democratic primary blogging was all over the non-electoral map.  Matt Yglesias revealed himself to be a bitter loser, blaming Hillary Clinton’s Ohio victory on “the racist vote.”  The exit poll has almost identical numbers for gender, so he could throw in reverse-sexist, too.  Welcome to your party.  Excitable Andy was almost moderate by comparison, noting that black Democrats voted 91 to 9 for Obama.  Megan McArdle kept nodding off.  Marc Ambinder wisely