Great analysis, but I don't think its as cut and dried as you make it. Texas is a good example. Given how split the vote was, I think a 3-0 split for Obama is very unlikely. The Clinton campaign will scream loudly, and appropriately so, if Obama gets all 3 add-ons. - Matt from 2008 Democratic Convention Watch.

Posted at March 6, 2008 9:57 PM in response to Convention Math: Remember the UADs!

For a movie that's really about politics and government, try "The Man", 1972, with James Earl Jones as the first black president. Based on an novel by Irving Wallace, Jones plays a senator who's the president pro-tem of the senate, 3rd in line of succession. The prez and speaker die in a building collapse, and the VP declines to be prez due to ill health. Needless to say, he then faces a number of challenges as his opponents, both racial and political, are out to get him. If I remember correctly, the movie ends with his fight to win nomination at the convention, while the book end with an impeachment trial. The book discusses parallels to the 1868 Johnson impeachment, so it is probably even more politically interesting than the movie.

Unfortunately, the movie does not seem to be avaliable on VHS or DVD. So read the book!

Posted at June 15, 2005 6:06 PM in response to Manchurian Candidate et al.