Unfamiliar Feeling

I have a long history of supporting also-rans in presidential elections. The candidates I gravitate toward rarely survive the primaries.

So I felt weirdly giddy to for once be in the majority--in fact the overwhelming majority--at yesterday's Washington State caucuses.

In fact, my candidate seems to be riding a pretty impressive wave of support, right now, nationwide.

Of course, the nomination remains hotly contested.

And, regardless of who gets the nod in Denver this summer, I'm expecting a bruising general-election campaign.

For the moment, though, that unfamiliar feeling of being on the winning side is pretty satisfying.

Also? I signed up to be an Obama delegate at the upcoming 43rd Legislative District caucus.

Life Imitates Aaron Sorkin

I hadn't seen this until just now: A few weeks ago, Christopher Hope's blog at the Daily Telegraph site considered the ways in which this year's U.S. presidential election is recapitulating the last couple seasons of the West Wing.