Superstition Ain’t the Way

9:37 p.m.
At the place where McCain is presumed to accept the nomination of the Republigoat party, there is a sign waiting to be unveiled with whatever the number is that McCain needed to win said nomination. A few reporters have commented that McCain would balk at such a sign because he's "very superstitious."

Just what we need. Four more years of a superstitious Executive. Oy.

Anyway. So far, it appears that we here at Crack Whores for Good Government should have maintained our reticence on calling Rhode Island. We had assumed that good turnout was good for Barack H. Obama. We were apparently wrong-o. NBC is calling that little state for Hillary "All He Has Is A Cute Little Speech" Clinton. Oh, well. What was it Mark Twain said? Oh, yes. "People who make political predictions on weblogs are pathetic losers." Something like that. I'm paraphrasing. We did call Vermont though. Best. Coin toss. Evar.

9:40 p.m.
Norman Einstein or whatever that guy's name is, he's on the TV machine right now punditorizing that there are some in the Clinton campaign who aren't going to feel great about continuing the campaign if she only wins Ohio (and Rhode Island). That's one aspect you always look at in these here politics: Are the screws coming out of the campaign?

9:53 p.m.
Will John McCain yet again misuse the "follow him to the gates of Hell" line? Will he offer a weird little smile after? Will he? Blah blah blah. Iraq, terrorism. Terrorism, Iraq. Fear fear fear. War war war. Bomb bomb bomb. ::weirdsmile::

9:57 p.m.
Yay! John Weirdsmile just talked about less regulation! Because that works so good! Yay pillar mining and beef recalls! Brawndo’s got electrolytes! Yay!

10:04 p.m.
Johnny B. Goode? Really?

10:23 a.m.
Oh, lord. The Olbermann has just told me that we won’t have an Ohio count until like 4:30 a.m. I knew there was a reason I moved out of that sock-cooking state.

10:29 p.m.
Brian Williams making a funny at the expense of Rachel Maddow? Priceless.

10:53 p.m.
MSNBC has just called Ohio for Clinton, currently at a 16 percent lead. That was our call here at Crack Whores for Good Government, unless the vote count ends in double digits. As previously noted, Cleveland may not be counted until early tomorrow morning.

10:59 p.m.
Andrea Mitchell: "Clearly, [the Clinton campaign is] going to claim victory tonight, even though they are behind on the delegates, they can't catch up on the delegates, they are going to say that this gives them the push that they need to go on to Pennsylvania …”

11:14 p.m.
Oh, snap! It's John Glenn on Hillary's stage! One of the greatest Americans ever. The George Brett of Ohio politics. What a good get for the Clinton campaign.

11:21 p.m.
Tweety says, John Glenn, what a great American.

11:48 p.m.
Barack Obama is speaking. His speech began by summarizing current election results. Hillary Clinton's speech didn't mention results on the ground, didn’t concede a single god-damned thing. Tell me who’s using Fartblossom's playbook.

1:08 a.m.
It's like SunTzu once said: "If you fart in the bath, it is polite to explain the bubbles." I have to go wash some egg off of my face, and then to eat a whole buncha crow. It's not over. But I predict I will probably not be making many more predictions. Maybe.