Slow Blogging Alert

As if it weren't already obvious.

Let me just make it official, though - work bites. Or, to be both more precise and diplomatic ... it's not conducive to a political junkie blogging about the biggest primary election in state history. So, by way of cryptic/unlinked references, I think it's safe to say my bet for primary votes will be bested by the end of early voting. Which reminds me, I still need to vote. Which reminds me even further ... I need to decide on a few of the judicials.

Guesses for overall primary turnout in the county now begin at 300k. Statewide, I forget what we're talking about for there, but if it goes over 3 million, there may be some jaws dropping on election night. Just insane. All the talk about GOP folk voting in the primary to off a Clinton, I don't buy it. What really has to be disconcerting to our GOP partisan friends is that in 2006, there were something north of 7 million votes cast. With the help of this primary, we'll have nearly half of that total IDed as Democratic. Expect maps to help visualize this point after the dust settles.

On the plus side, I was forced to listen to some of the GOP County Judge dustup. Fun stuff. Our odds against either should be good.

A little Presidential blogging? I'm still casting my lot with Hillary. And even though I'm not a superdelegate, I'll cast aside any rumors of a switch on my part. Sad to see John Lewis switch sides, but I can understand his dilemma. I'll give Obama this, though ... with all the red-district/state Dems willing to eagerly endorse him this early, it'll be worth watching to see if they still want him next to them on stage in their district/state once the real hits get thrown after the nomination. If Chet Edwards does an event with him in Waco come September, I'll be impressed.

All right ... back to work.

TEMP. DIVERSION: Burka plays with numbers so I don't have to. I'm likely to be the last person in the world to agree with much of Burka's takes, but his will suffice. This cycle is just so darn nuts that there's not much conventional wisdom that can be applied. I'm still curious about the "New Voter" vs "General Voter voting in Primary" move. By all accounts, both are factors ... but what's the weight of each one? And just for good measure, I'm still convinced that the CW of "Obama is driving this" is false. P-Didd highlights a pre-exit-poll of folks that have already voted, showing Hill up by a few. Even if it's Obama up by a few, Hillary's still in the fight and driving things just about as much as Obama is.