33 90% 31% 1mph NNW bar29.75 falls windchill31 Winter
New Moon
The speakers first, then the short story. Then my Asia tour. May take until Tuesday with the Woollies tonight at the Istanbul Cafe and my workout. Made a decision last night to shift the resistance and flexibility work to T/Th/Sat which will put aerobics only on Monday and Friday, the days I have the most conflicts with working out. The aerobics are easier to time.
This chilly, humid weather I left Indiana to avoid. I feel about this in-between weather the same as Martin Luther did about sin. He said, “If you’re going to sin, sin boldly.” I say, “If it’s going to be cold, let it be cold. And snowy. And all the other appropriate winter stuff, not this melty coldish yuck.”
Tomorrow New Hampshire. A Gallup poll release yesterday showed Obama out in front of Clinton 41% to 29%. He will probably do well in South Carolina, the next primary. I can feel the optimism of the African-American community viscerally. The analysis I’ve read, however, says even wins in all 3 races may not be enough. The SuperTuesday primaries are states where the Clinton organization has built solid leads, according to reporters on the ground. We’ll see.
David Brooks, of all people, suggested what might happen. If enough independents find Obama to be the liberal Reagan, an optimistic voice helping to redefine America in a time of shattered national confidence, and African-Americans and young people do, too, then it will become Obama with the sense of inevitability, knocking the dull, hack-type politics of Hilary out of the race. As far as issues go, I’m a Kucinich guy, and in the three way race, Edwards gives voice to what I believe, but the prospect of electing an African-American or a woman moves me, too. Feels good to have legitimate choices for a change.
Speaker wire here I come, awake and opposable thumbs in the right places.