The hockey team has the best player in the world, and still is mighty disappointing.
The football team was manhandled by the Steelers. The general manager drafted three receivers to beef up the catching capability and none of them can play. The Steelers stacked the line and stifled the offense.
The baseball team did everyone a favor by not drawing audiences. And their stadium is really ugly.
Betsy and I were there. We were bowled over by the meaning of the event, much more than we thought we would be. We are quite confident Barack will be a great President, since he has just run the single best Presidential campaign in the history of our country.
Barack Obama's percentage of the popular vote will not be very close to his percentage of the electoral college vote. Although he will win both, why is it good for democracy if the two percentages diverge?
Although Democrats have widened the battleground in a wholly admirable manner, this election will be the third in a row to raise the question of the wisdom of the electoral college in modern America.
When an election precedes the census by only two years, the deviation between the electoral college and popular vote result is potentially the greatest.
