Popular vote spin, or "F***ing c**t is ruining the party!"

In the Dem primary zoo, H supporters are beginning to hallucinate. They now are saying, perhaps hoping to get back the spotlight after the John Edwards endorsement of O, that H leads in the popular vote. They figure this way: count the votes of MI and FL. If you do that, H leads the pop vote by 29,471. The trouble with this is O was not on the MI ballot, so he gets zero there! If you give him even a small portion of the 40% who voted for "Uncommitted" rather than for H in MI, O leads again. Even more important, if you count MI and FL, then also count IA, NV, ME and WA, caucus states who did not report popular vote because they're not required to! If you estimate their pop vote based on delegate distribution, O has a commanding lead -- in other words, he leads in pop vote if all states are counted. The H folks never seem to worry about IA, NV, ME and WA pop vote when they bring out the crying towel about MI and FL.

All these facts and figures are neatly listed at
RealClearPolitics, a non-partisan site that takes away the spin. Here's a summary of the popular vote:

Playing by the rules: O leads by about 594,000 without estimates for the 4 states whose votes count but who did not report popular vote; by about 784,000 if you add them.

H's rules: Add MI and FL but not the 4 above, H leads by 29,471.

Who said this was going to stop getting ugly? Well, maybe it actually will be over in a couple weeks. We can hope so.


My dear mother-surrogate in Idaho, 87 years old, lifelong Democrat, former Clearwater County Demo chair, former mayor of Orofino, who grew up in logging camps, who used to drink with the best of them and still can swear like the best, uses that forbidden "C word" when describing Hillary. She hates her! The ruination of the beloved Democratic Party. In a recent phone conversation, my ears were turning red. Love that woman's energy. Frail, weak body, mind sharp and even dangerous. You don't want to get on the wrong side of Esther. "Fucking cunt is ruining the party." I don't know another 87 y/o woman who talks like that.