Reply #169: Oh, Austen's here offering her demure two-sided tea cups; no need to pull taffy twixt: Out of Africa

[bridgit]

and Arsenic & Old Lace.

My sense is that the BO camp wants it to be over for a couple reasons not the least of which being, 1) because they know precisely the manner in which they've run their campaign thus far; they've had many months, many news cycles fusing 'cool' onto BO's high riding, "Why are we whispering?" stand-up routine that he's played from cheering university crowd to cheering university crowd. It's been several weeks now since it was suggested by some in the press; that BO get out from the university circuit, and start answering some questions. Among the net result has been that casting gentile asparagus, so as to say, is now considered politically more cool than having a plan worthy of 500 words or less. University backdrops notwithstanding, BO has utilized them as others have utilized our military bases round the world. And indeed we seen after all, and in spite of all this talk of change; there was the phalanx of American Flags behind a speech that should have been delivered months ago. And not in response to faltering poll numbers.

And, 2) the BO camp does not want to have to work that hard. My sense is that it is their sense that the country should simply be handed to them, again, 'no questions asked'. Which I find very strange indeed. An odd sort of narcissism.

My greater concern beyond is that after having fused "Why are we whispering?" onto what is now accepted as cool, some-others calling for the contest and drop out and the final considerations along with it; they are suggesting that the disenfranchisement of American voters also be thought of as cool.

I do agree that the voting system needs change. I say start with 'super delegates'. This looming specter of 'super delegates', already laboring under a landscape altering Electoral College scares up the likelihood of too much tinkering for one system.

Let the votes be counted.