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I'm watching the CNN coverage tonight, and I am listening to Bill Bennett... its sort of bizarre. I dislike his politics for the most part. I've heard him say some things that were just assinine. And yet, in THIS forum, every night they do this coverage with him out there, I actually like him. He's my favorite guy on there. Weird.

QUOTE(AngelasDaddy0427 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:27 PM) Her active courting of the white nationalist vote through the Obama's a muslim lie. You really think she was actively involved in that? I highly doubt it.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:23 PM) Well, one could always point to the "Ghandi" joke from a few years back if you wanted to make her look bad in that regard. A bit crass, but that's a stretch to call her a racist from that comment.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Obama with an early 54,000 vote lead in TX. Now 132,000. Damn, can't help myself.

QUOTE(AngelasDaddy0427 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) I'm really hoping I'm wrong about Clinton winning because she is a wolf in lambs clothing and in my opinion a closet racist (among other things). And you believe that why?

First returns are in from OH and TX, but they are less than 1%, so I am going to fight the temptation to post the results.

CNN calling Ohio for McCain.

CNN calls Vermont for Obama and McCain by wide margins.

With the exit polls that close, they are almost worthless for predicting wins (except in VT). But OH is surprising to me - I thought Clinton would have a substantial lead. I figured TX would be a near-tie in the primary portion. Actually, RI I am surprised at too, in those exit polls - I thought that was a Clinton gimme.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 02:46 PM) Why do I have a feeling this is going to be the best news of the 2008 season. Because you've been reading too many of fathom's posts? I kid because I care ™

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) There are costs associated with that stuff, the problem is its basically impossible to try and balance it all just by costs. How do you charge some one for going down to the Daley Center and looking up free case information? How do you charge some one for going down and taking a look at their parents probate case? Or how do you charge for all of the free internet stuff, forms, case information. What about all the property index number information you can pull up on the web from the recorder. The problem is many of the services the county provides are free. And I'd suggest that many shouldn't be free. You do have to walk a fine line - you can't per se charge for a legal right of access. But, courts have found repeatedly that nominal charges associated with the administration thereof are acceptable. Case in point - in Illinois, you have to pay to get a FOID card to own a gun, even though that is clearly a legal right.

Interesting article showing that even if Clinton wins ALL 16 remaining states, she probably goes to Denver behind Obama in pledged delegates. Add that to the big 50 for Obama mentioned earlier, plus the fact that Obama is so much better off in national polls against McCain... Clinton looks to be in desperate straights.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 4, 2008 -> 01:43 AM) The Democratic Party better hope it learned from 2004. Just as the only way they could lose in 2004 was a ticket of Kerry/Edwards, the only way they can lose in 2008 is if they let the whiner back into the race tomorrow. I hope the history of democratic self-destruction continues tomorrow, but I don't see how it can. Clinton is definitely getting a little bump lately. Could be the negative ads, could be the ultra-conservatives crossing over (listening to their talk show hosts) to make trouble... whatever, it will probably allow her to hold Ohio by a 5-ish point margin. But Texas will still go Obama, I think. And contrary to what a lot of people think, I am of the opinion that the Superdelegate momentum will continue to stay with Obama. And if this goes close and late, like to the convention, they'll break for Obama, for one simple reason... they want to win in November. So basically, Clinton needs to win OH and TX to stay in it. And even then, she has an uphill battle.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 05:50 PM) Prediction: Obama's turnout overwhelms pollsters in TX. Obama wins, and its not as close as the polls indicate. Clinton keeps it close in OH, winner in that state will take it with a two to four point margin - giving Clinton a net gain of under 10 delegates. Clinton wins RI by about 10 points, Obama takes VT by 20+. Clinton won't gain more than 10 delegates on Obama tomorrow. Actually, if the results are as you state, it seems like Clinton won't gain at all - she'd lose ground.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 05:29 PM) In general, urban sprawl is a very bad thing for the environment. From increasing commutes to the resources required to bring utilities, sewer, etc., out to a distance from even a small urban center, the impact is large. From an environmental perspective, high density areas actually have significant advantages. Shorter commutes, fewer cars on the road, less wasted energy in transportation, etc. Not as large as burning down a house of course, but still. I have seen before that idea, that having more condensed urban populations and more open space is better for the environment. But I'd suggest that shouldn't be taken to an extreme, nor does it paint the whole picture. Housing in high-density areas have severe limitations of how green they can be, and how easily they can dissipate discharge of all sorts. Housing that is more spread out can more easily do that. In any case, of all the sins against the environment, building some houses out in the country doesn't begin to crack the top 100 as far as I am concerned. Not that it even matters, really - there is no justification for what they did.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 05:19 PM) I thought MacDougal had 1 option left that the Sox could use? If not, I'd rather trade him also, but it'll be hard to get decent value for him the way he looks ATM. If he does have an option to burn, keep him in Charlotte for a couple of months, and let him find his own way back. If I am wrong and he has an option, then that's excellent - send him down. But I think they used his last one last season.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 12:07 PM) More nutty-ness from ELF: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008...et_ablaze/9905/ I wonder how much carbon burning all those buildings release?!?!!? Those eco-terrorists are polluting monsters! I saw that this morning, and I was trying to think of why they care about those particular houses. Rural cluster developments = bad, in their view apparently. Not that it matters much what they think. They're just common criminals who happen to also be good at destroying their own causes.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 05:14 PM) It seems Danks didn't look to bad in his 3 innings. But the pen blew it again. McDougal and Boone and even Jenks isn't sharp. Jenks is NEVER sharp in spring training. And Boone was fine through an inning - plus he was the victim of some lucky hits (though the walk was his own fault). MacDougal is the one who has been scary-bad so far. Harrell is a minor leaguer this year anyway.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 05:10 PM) McDougal needs to start the season in Charlotte. Let him sort his stuff out there, and not with us. Ramirez has been promising, but is still definitely a work in progress. Still inclined to have him start in Charlotte also, if he doesn't win a starting job at 2B for the Sox. As for the Linebrink discussions, I wasn't a huge fan of the signing at the time. His K/9 rates have decreased over the past few seasons, and his numbers with the Brewers weren't great, and he had excellent splits at PETCO. KW seemed to think, he would use his sinker more to good effect at the Cell, but we'll wait and see. He'll need an ERA below 4 to justify the signing, and I don't know if he can do that. I'm more confident in Dotel, if Octavio can stay healthy (but that's a huge IF also). MacDougal is out of options, plus with his contract, the team won't want to send him down even if they could. The better move, I think, is to see if anyone has interest in trading for him. He does have that good "stuff" people like to talk about, so maybe some other team can get is head in the game.

Seems like a weird call, to stretch Logan into the next inning. Must be trying to get him warmed up for the season or something. Logan and Harrell blow it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 04:23 PM) Change-ups? I saw a couple, I think. Or else a new, off-the-table breaker - I'm guessing change-up. He got Teahan looking on his 3/4-arm surprise fastball though.

Wassermann 1-2-3, ends with a K of Teahan. Two of those three hitters were lefties too.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 04:13 PM) Like the last two seasons, it seems like it's Jenks and a crapshoot. Dotel staying healthy is one of the keys to our season. Linebrink is just not very good, and the rest of the guys you mentioned are huge question marks. Of course they are question marks. That's the nature of the bullpen. But your statement that we are spending a lot of money on something not so good, is kind of early, isn't it? I think its really unlikely they'd do as bad as the 2007 pen. But we'll have to see.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 04:07 PM) We're spending a lot of money now on what's still a pretty weak bullpen. I disagree. I think it will probably be pretty strong - just as long as MacDougal isn't in it. I personally think a pen of Jenks-Linebrink-Dotel-Logan-Wassermann-Thornton-Broadway/Masset would be decent.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 3, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) So, for Texas, I'm not sure how to read these predictions. Are those predictions in the primary part, the caucus part, or delegate predictions? I was saying overall percentage, but now that you mention it, that won't really work. I have no idea. I think in Delegates, Obama will win by a small margin. Let's put it that way.