LK Predicts:
Following the South Dakota and Montana primaries, and regardless of their outcomes, the superdelegates are going to come out en masse for Barack Obama. So much so that it will become clear that even if Hillary were to press her Michigan/Florida delegate case at the convention and garner all the delegates from those races that she’d like to, she still wouldn’t be able to wrest the nomination from Obama.
As the party elders haven’t been able to convince her that her premature coronation of 18 months ago has been withdrawn due to popular demand, they will convince the far more public spirited supers that the time has come to make the nominee clear, so that the national campaign can begin without further delay.
Two quick notes:
1. Sometimes pet owners look like their pets. Sometimes people resemble their names. Take Harold Ickes. Please. His petulant statement yesterday, concerning Clinton reserving the right to bring up the delegate issue at the convention, will backfire, as she’s now shown her hand and Howard Dean and the rest of the party leaders now know how to play theirs. And his smarmy and evasive appearance on Meet the Press this morning didn’t endear him or the candidate he’s trying to prop up to anyone either.
2. Thanks to those of you who have contacted me publicly and privately with verbal high fives for predicting Obama’s need to leave what is now his former church. I don’t think it took any exceptional analytical skills or clairvoyance; the writing was splashed on the walls in a large font and bright colors.
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OK LK, how much for the crystal ball? Uncanny! Now, perhaps some stock tips, or the next race at the Bellmont? Alright, I’ll settle for Wednesday’s lotto numbers. Throw us a bone here.
if i had a crystal ball, i doubt i’ll sell it at any price, as the future we’re faced with has a complexity that’s beyond my capacity to predict correctly with any regularity. and to roughly paraphrase what Jesse Livermore said re stock tips: never give ‘em, never take ‘em. thanks for reading and writing. LK