Ain't no mountain high enough...

Or so thinks Mike Huckabee who just ain't gonna quit no matter how dim his prospects look. Says, the Huckster when confronted with the mathematical impossibility of his nomination: "I didn't major in math. I majored in miracles." Well, that will be helpful in restoring the economy after this recession we're barreling into, thanks Huck. Seriously, though, this quote had Jack and me rolling last night. Every thirty minutes or so, we'd just quote Huck: "IDK--I didn't major in math. I majored in miracles!" But I guess majoring in miracles didn't hurt too much in the Southern state of Louisiana--or in Kansas, where he beat out McCain with 60% of the vote (WTF??), or even in Washington State where (as of right now--still calculating results) he made an impressive show with 24% of the vote to McCain's 26%. (Notably, Ron Paul walked away with what looks like 21% of the vote in Washington--even though he might as well be out of the race. I'm not sure what the people in Washington were thinking with that one, but, um, okay...). The conservative Republicans are sending John McCain a clear message: "We don't really like you." Huck took Kansas by a landslide, and Louisiana's results are still being calculated, but the results there are at least close. Here's what it boils down to: social conservatives do not like John McCain. They're upset that the Republican party has not presented them with a clear conservative choice for President. They want someone who is adamantly pro-life, who will staunchly opposed gay marriage, who will put judges on the Supreme Court who will vote that way, too. They want a "true conservative" (particularly on social issues). And with Romney gone, that person is Mike Huckabee (God help us). Now, it continues to be mathematically impossible for the Huckster to win enough delegates to get the nomination. But here's what could potentially happen if God starts granted all those miracles Huck's been studying: he could keep John McCain form getting enough to get the nomination. Then, the Republicans will be forced into a different kind of convention: one in which the delegates no longer have to vote the way they're supposed to now--they could vote for whichever candidate they personally want to. This basically gives Huck a snowball's chance in Hell, but you know...he did major in miracles, so...

On the Democratic side, Barack rocked the vote, winning 3 out of 3 states last night: Washington State (with 68% of the vote), Louisiana, and Nebraska (with 68% of the vote). Louisiana sent just as clear a message to Democrats: "We're tired of business as usual. We're tired of the government making promises it can't keep. We want change." They voted Barack Obama by 57%. The difference, though, really becomes most clear when you look closely at the results from the ninth ward in NOLA, where voters overwhelmingly chose Barack Obama over Clinton. The precinct results there show numbers like 10 to 1 for Obama. Bottom line: Clinton has 1,100 delegates and Obama has 1,039, according to CNN calculations. Obama leads in pledged delegates -- 908 to 877 -- but Clinton's superdelegates -- 223 to 131 -- give her the overall lead. BUT there are still states left to go...there's still voting left to do...and the next three weeks aren't looking so hot for Clinton. Even she admits Obama has the advantage in the states where voting will happen in that time period. She's waiting for the bigger contests in Ohio and Texas--and planning to win there. Hopefully, though, she's overestimating those states...then again, I didn't major in miracles...so I'm not sure... ;-)