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With it's convention machinery popping rivets, leaking oil, and bursting seams (thanks, Ron Paul), the Texas Republicans cannot afford such tacky stupidity.

I was so upbeat this morning and then about 9:30, I just felt like someone completely zapped my energy, like I hadn’t slept a wink all night.  Can a cold front make you tired?

Am I cursed?

Michael Scherer now has the vocabulary to explain modern news cycles and the political response:

Saturday morning I decided to do the loop I'd discovered a couple of weeks ago -- 11.7 miles of windy, fairly shady road with rolling hills. The best part is that, like most of my routes, it starts at my doorstep. I set out at 6, thinking I'd have plenty of time to get home, break my fast, shower, and relax before going canoeing later.

Mike Cohen posted on the Ackermania blog this week about some Burger King executives who got fired for posting anonymously on blogs about a labor dispute. Mike says:

Last night's results from the Democrat primary in West Virginia (and yes I joked about that) gave a huge margin of victory to Senator Clinton over Senator Obama.

Ben Cunningham writes elequently about the waste-of-tax-dollars known as the Clement Landport.