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I have GOT to see this movie!

Guarded
Disturbed

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing
Leaving me haunted tonight
You did decide

Now I want you, when you’re gone, and now it’s like
You’re holding something just in front of me
Well then, I can’t allow this to become another
One of those times that I’m left in the cold, dead
There’s no compromise
Just another tie
I know I need to sever

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
Why does it sound like the devil is laughing
Leaving me haunted tonight
You did decide

Ever haunted, by the trappings of this life
Sweet redemption, just in front of me
Well now, it seems once again that I’ve lost another
One of the one’s that have broke through the wall
Damned
Fate won’t compromise
I have sold my soul,
And now the devil’s laughing
You did decide

You were bold and strong, and ready to begin your life
All for nothing, you were sacrificed
You began alone, and so it will be when you die
All for nothing, will you be remembered?
You did decide

Guarding yourself from the love of another
Left you with nothing tonight
So now you know why the devil is laughing
He left you with nothing tonight
You did decide

The Pennsylvania primaries were today.  Since the Republican nomination is secure, the only race really worth watching anymore (until the full election) is the Clinton-Obama race.  Hillary won the Democratic primary, closing the gap between her and Obama.  The delegate count now is 1,694-1,556 in favor of Obama.  It is still possible for Hillary to win, and while I don’t think it will happen I do have to say I have underestimated her ability to scratch and claw her way back into this thing.

We’ll see what happens…

Stricken
Disturbed

You walk on like a woman in suffering
Won’t even bother now to tell me why
You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment
Leaving me broken another time
You come on like a bloodstained hurricane
Leave me alone, let me be this time
You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption
I don’t want to mention, the reason I know

Into the abyss will I run
I can’t let you go
Yes I am stricken and can’t let you go

Endlessly
Muse

There’s part of me
You’ll never know
The only thing
I’ll never show

Hopelessly, I’ll love you endlessly
Hopelessly, I’ll give you everything
But I won’t give you up.
I won’t let you down
I won’t leave you falling
If the moment ever comes

It’s plain to see,
It’s trying to speak
Cherished dreams
Forever asleep

Hopelessly, I’ll love you endlessly
Hopelessly, I’ll give you everything
But I won’t give you up
I won’t let you down
I won’t leave you falling
If the moment ever comes.

Hopelessly, I’ll love you endlessly

Hopelessly, I’ll give you everything

But I won’t give you up

I won’t let you down

I won’t leave you falling

If the moment ever comes.

Wow, the Democratic race has really changed!  Just a couple of weeks ago it looked like Hillary might be running away with it, but now Obama has fought back and taken a commanding lead.  After winning Wisconsin (VERY convincingly, I might add), he has now won his ninth straight primary and obtained more delegates than Hillary, and it looks like the Democrats may be starting to rally beneath him.  Hillary is reeling from these losses, it seems, and I wonder if she will be able to come back from this.  She is counting on wins in Ohio and/or Texas, but if she can’t win there I think Obama will take it.  Plus, some exit polls in Wisconsin showed that her core groups may be losing interest in her.  We’ll see…

Big news!  Mitt Romney has endorsed John McCain.  Big surprise, considering how much they have been going at each other throughout the campaign.  My impression is that McCain offered something to Romney, something big, and while I don’t know if Romney’s endorsement was a response to this or if it was an attempt to buy McCain’s offer, I still think there are some under-the-table negotiations going on.  Possible VP bid?  Hmmm…

Obama is now leading on delegates, and it even seems some of the superdelegates formerly loyal to Hillary may be considering jumping ship.  He might actually have a better chance than it previously looked.  Personally, I think if the Democrats know what they’re doing they will pick Obama over Hillary, just because Obama carries a lot more weight with the independents, the segment most needed for any election.  We’ll see how that goes.

Big news that I apparently missed somehow!  Mitt Romney dropped out of the race Thursday night.  He didn’t endorse anyone, but he of course was trying to make his case for a VP bid.  We’ll see what happens.  McCain and Huckabee are the two main candidates for the Republicans now.

A few primaries today.  The Louisiana primary was today, and there were Democratic caucuses in Nebraska and Washington, and Republican caucuses in Washington and Kansas.  The Washington and Nebraska Democratic caucuses have been called for Obama, and the Kansas Republican caucus has been called for Huckabee.  Still waiting for the Republican results for Washington.  Results are just starting to come in from Louisiana; with 0% reporting Obama and McCain are in the lead.  VERY early, though, so this doesn’t mean anything really.

More updates later.

The big day is here!  Super Tuesday…hope you all voted!

I’ll edit this post with new results periodically.  To make it simple, I will just mark the candidate who is leading, listing the second place person and percentages if it is within 5%.  “X” denotes a primary (or caucus) called for that candidate.  Comments below.  The results are per CNN’s election coverage (and their website), just because that is the channel I happened to turn on.

Democratic contests:

Alabama:  Barack Obama  X
Alaska:  Barack Obama  X
Arizona:  Hillary Clinton  X
Arkansas:  Hillary Clinton  X
California:  Hillary Clinton  X
Colorado:  Barack Obama  X
Connecticut:  Barack Obama  X
Delaware:  Barack Obama  X
Georgia:  Barack Obama  X
Idaho:  Barack Obama  X
Illinois:  Barack Obama  X
Kansas:  Barack Obama  X
Massachusetts:  Hillary Clinton  X
Minnesota:  Barack Obama  X
Missouri:  Barack Obama  X
New Jersey:  Hillary Clinton  X
New Mexico:  Barack Obama (49), Hillary Clinton (47)
New York:  Hillary Clinton  X
North Dakota:  Barack Obama  X
Oklahoma:  Hillary Clinton  X
Tennessee:  Hillary Clinton  X
Utah:  Barack Obama  X

Republican contests:

Alabama:  Mike Huckabee  X
Alaska:  Mitt Romney  X
Arizona:  John McCain  X
Arkansas:  Mike Huckabee  X
California:  John McCain  X
Colorado:  Mitt Romney  X
Connecticut:  John McCain  X
Delaware:  John McCain  X
Georgia:  Mike Huckabee  X
Illinois:  John McCain  X
Massachusetts:  Mitt Romney  X
Minnesota:  Mitt Romney  X
Missouri:  John McCain  X
Montana:  Mitt Romney  X
New Jersey:  John McCain  X
New York:  John McCain  X
Oklahoma:  John McCain  X
Tennessee:  Mike Huckabee  X
Utah:  Mitt Romney  X
West Virginia:  Mike Huckabee  X

Comments:

(21:00 CDT)Dead heat for the Democrats, though I have to give the slight edge to Hillary so far.  She is taking the northeast pretty easily, as expected, and Obama is taking the south pretty easily, as expected (with the exception of Arkansas – Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, though).  John McCain is solidifying his advantage on the Republican side, though Mike Huckabee is having a very solid showing in the South.  Romney continues to have problems.  Polls now closing in some more states.  Oklahoma called for McCain, Utah called for Romney.

(21:19 CDT)Gonna watch some Star Trek.  More updates after 10:00.

(23:00 CDT)Sorry to take so long.  Got talking with Pops on the phone.  Idaho called for Obama, Minnesota called for Obama, Kansas called for Obama, Connecticut called for Obama, Colorado called for Obama.  Minnesota called for Romney, Alabama called for Huckabee, Georgia called for Huckabee, Arizona called for McCain, North Dakota called for Romney, Montana called for Romney, Tennessee called for Huckabee.  Missouri too close to call on both sides.  California results are coming in, McCain and Hillary are leading.  Sorry about the bad order…I’ll alphabetize it in a few minutes.

(23:15 CDT)Alphabetized the list.  Arizona called for Hillary.  Obama just pulled ahead in Missouri, and it looks like McCain is going to win for the Republicans.

(23:40 CDT)Missouri and California called for McCain, Colorado called for Romney.  California called for Hillary, Utah called for Obama.  Missouri has not been called for the Democrats yet.  Obama still leads though.  Obama and Hillary are still close, and while Hillary has more delegates, Obama is still looking good.  McCain didn’t clean up as much as I thought (though he did win California), and Huckabee has done surprisingly well.  Romney is in trouble; he won five states tonight, but three of these were Montana (small state), Utah (small Mormon state), and Massachusetts (where he used to be governor).  I think Huckabee is going to be the GOP VP candidate behind McCain.

(23:47 CDT)Alaska called for Obama.  Woohoo.

(0:57 CDT)Sorry, decided to play a little Guitar Hero.  Missouri called for Obama, Utah called for Obama.  Everything has been called except New Mexico for the Dems and Alaska for the Reps.  Romney is still in second on delegates, but his position is very precarious.  Hillary leads on the Democratic side, but Obama is still close, and he has some big states that could go in his favor very soon.  Still a close race on the Democratic side, though I think McCain has pretty much sewn up the Republican nomination.

(3:25 CDT)Watched Mr. Brooks while waiting for the last results to come through.  Still no winner in New Mexico between Hillary and Obama, though Obama is leading.  Alaska has been called for Romney – big whoop.  If New Mexico goes to Obama, he has won 14 of the 22 Democratic primaries up for grabs tonight, and although Hillary won more delegates, Obama has proven his popularity.  McCain didn’t wrap up his bid, but it looks like it is pretty much impossible to knock him out of the driver’s seat now.  Huckabee is still behind Romney in delegates, but I think he has shown himself to be the more viable candidate and will be the VP candidate behind McCain.  All in all, an interesting night.

EDIT:  I realized that I didn’t specify, but these are not all primaries that took place today.  There were some caucuses too.  However, since there were so many contests going on, I decided not to split them apart.

Eighteen and ONE.

Fuck yeah.