I admit to some cluelessness regarding the slew of Democratic presidential nominee hopefuls. I guess I have some homework to do. I’ve been reading an interesting New Yorker profile of Howard Dean (“Running on Instinct”). Are there any candidates you are leaning towards (or away from)?
Speaking of the presidential race, the Washington, D.C., primary is this Tuesday, Jan. 13. That’s like, really soon. It was moved to early January, ahead of the rest of the country, in order to raise awareness of D.C.’s lack of equal congressional representation. The date change was made under the condition that the results be non-binding on delegates. At least that’s how I understand it. I’ll leave it to the links to spell it out.
Gee, I need a “Schoolhouse Rock”-like presentation to refresh me on the American presidential election process. A primary primer? Oh, wait. I just now looked up information about the anniversary edition DVD of “Schoolhouse Rock,” and lo and behold, there is a new song about the Electoral College called “I’m Gonna Send Your Vote to College.” Heh.
Well, whatever you do, don’t trust the normally trustworthy folks at The New Republic. The boy, after reading their choice for Democratic nominee, asked me if I’d seen it. I said no, he said to guess, and I jokingly said “Lieberman” because it seems like the dippy choice the current editorial staff would choose: out of the blue, completely ineffective, and pro-Israel. I was kidding. I swear. I was also right. Sigh.