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You know what sucks the most about not being married anymore, aside from not being able to see what was (and may still be) my best friend everyday?

Going to bed alone.

Not because of sex, but just having someone there … it’s very comforting. I don’t think I’ve had a really good night’s sleep since August or September 2006; at least not one that wasn’t drug-induced.

I think I miss that more than anything else.

CNN Political Ticker: A clear rift in the party exists

(CNN) — West Virginia exit polls appear to show the prolonged Democratic presidential race has produced a clear rift in the party, at least for now.

We asked supporters of both candidates whether they would be satisfied if the other candidate won the nomination. A large majority of both candidates’ supporters said they would not: only 38 percent of Obama supporters said they would be satisfied if Clinton won, and only 25 percent of Clinton backers said they’d be satisfied if Barack Obama was the nominee.

Translation: There’s a lot of reconciliation to be taken care of.

Thank you, Senator Clinton! Thank you for tearing the party apart. Thank you for making it more difficult for Barack Obama (who will be the nominee) to win the election. Thank you for practically handing the keys to the White House to John McCain. Thank you for being an agent for stagnation, rather than allowing the next generation to really try and turn this nation around. Thank you for not being able to keep your mouth shut and bowing out of the race gracefully.

ANTI-FLAG – TURNCOAT

TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

Go!

State’s lies dressed up as evening news,
We’re tired of lies we want the truth.
Broadcast by corpses courting you,
We’re tired of lies we want the truth.
Most people they will never know,
We’re tired of lies we want the truth.
With you or against you?
Then I am against you because you’re a…

TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

In your corner,
Makes me wanna,
Douse myself in gasoline!
Civil servants fall in line for you,
Too brainwashed to see the truth!
You use anyone you can!

Whoa!
Whoa
Whoa

TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the …

KILLER!

LIAR!

A TURNCOAT! and a THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

A TURNCOAT! and a THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!

While Hillary Clinton crows about her victory in an essentially uncontested primary in West Virginia, better news for the Party comes out of a Republican stronghold in Mississippi.

Dem beats Republican in a race that may predict November – CNN.com

(CNN) — Based on early returns, CNN projects that Democrat Travis Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a Tuesday special election for an open congressional seat in northern Mississippi.

For Democrats, the decisive victory by Childers is the latest in a series of special-election wins for the party and provides a strong tailwind heading into the November elections. Republicans had held the seat since 1994.

For Republicans, Davis’ defeat is viewed as a possible preview for a widespread GOP thrashing in November, and it shows that trying to link local Democrats in conservative districts to Sen. Barack Obama and his former pastor was not a winning strategy.

It’s going to take a miracle for Clinton to wrest the nomination from Obama; and her continued fight is only doing more damage to the party.

In West Virginia, about half of the voters for each Democratic candidate indicated they would be voting for John McCain if the other candidate won the Party nomination. So, Hillary, crow all you want about the win in West Virginia; but know that you are jeopardizing the Democratic Party in the process.

Even if Hillary Clinton wins all of the remaining races by a 65/35 margin and takes 2/3 of the remaining super delegates, she still doesn’t capture the nomination … Obama would still capture enough delegates to win the nomination by almost 20 votes over the required 2,025 … and Hillary won’t beat Obama by 30-point margins in all the remaining contests. She’s just postponing the inevitable, and damaging the Party in the process.

In the interim, we can at least celebrate the fact that another Republican is out of Congress, and another Democrat is in … and hope that THIS is the attitude that carries to November, rather than the angst and anger that’s pervasive at the national level as the nomination fight keeps drawn out longer and longer.