El Somnambulo Predicts ‘Em All For You*. Part 1…

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*Well, not all as in ALL. Just every primary where I think I know enough to make a prediction.  Some of which, invariably, will be wrong. National Races: U. S. Senate D's: Tom Carper routs Keith Spanarelli. Over/under on Spanarelli: 12%. U. S. House R's: Tom Kovach routs Rose Izzo. Over/under on Rizzo: 11%. Come inside for more, including, as the photo suggests, my prediction on the epic 11th SD race.

I’m calling it for Obama: Where the Republicans went wrong & where the Dems can (still) go wrong

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I've been thinking about how the Democrats have to worry about over confidence this election cycle while Republicans have to worry about everything else. How is it that this election can seem so one sided to me? I meditated up at the DL survival-plex & gas fracking a go-go on that question, and it came to me. The GOP messed up when they FAILED to nominate Rick Perry.

Grandma Catches Paul Ryan In A Lie

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We all know that Paul Ryan is a fit dude, his addiction to P90x is legendary. What we didn't know till last week that Ryan at one point as a pretty-good marathoner. On a radio interview last week Ryan said that his personal best time for the 26.1 mile race was ". . . under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something." That's really good. How good is that? He'd probably finish in the top 10 this year's Delaware Marathon with a 6 minute 50 second mile pace. But wait, Ryan is not that fast, not by a long shot. Ryan's one marathon on record, Grandma's Marathon 1990, has Ryan running a 4 hour and 1 minute marathon. Big difference.

Things I Learned from the GOP Convention

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Mitt Romney had a little get together in Florida this week with some of his closest angry white friends. From this convention, I learned a few things about the Republican Party. Okay, maybe not learned them, maybe I just had the ideas reinforced.