Well, I have to admit that it’s a little funny how much coverage an essentially meaningless primary is getting tonight. Sure, Obama is losing really, really badly in West Virginia (like, totally, really badly), but it seemed all week as though all the media outlets had agreed that WV and on were just show contests. [...]

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Sorry for the Slate obsession. But I love that they did this. If you’re freaking out as much as I am about Gary, Indiana, get on it.
[Update, 1:04 a.m.] Eric Schultz gives his math below. Union County is all out, and there are 7,000 or so residents, which translates to 1900-3800 votes and a likely [...]

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A couple of dumb Op-Eds in this morning’s New York Times: one by Bill Kristol, which is actually not that dumb, but includes this infuriating remark:
Some voters might think it would have been nice if Obama had been as angry in March at Wright’s disrespect to the United States of America as he was in [...]

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