Hey, how about that Bernie Sanders surprise victory? It's always nice when the polls are wrong. It makes you feel that we determine how our election goes instead of the pollsters. Still, being a state primary, it was not real in-depth polling that failed us. This fall, if all the pollsters say one candidate is eighteen points ahead of another, it should not be reassuring for the "another" to be told, "Don't despair! Remember how wrong they were about Bernie Sanders in Michigan?"
I don't know if it was an upset for the election or for the pollsters. Seems to me it was just good news for the media that hadn't found a lot of suspense to write about in the Democratic race. Some of the headlines suggested that match-up is suddenly a lot more competitive than it had been and I'm not sure it is. Hillary got more delegates last night than Bernie…and only 13 or so less in Michigan. Maybe, this is an indicator that other polling in the mid-west has underestimated Sanders but he has a big deficit to make up on the delegate scorecard. (I still have no favorite in that race. I kinda just want whichever one will win by the largest margin and I'm not sure who that is yet.)
Trump had a pretty good night, too. He's probably weeping though to hear that he's just lost Keith Olbermann as a tenant.
And why the hell doesn't someone put Olbermann on a show to do election commentary? The way it's going, he could be the most dignified person out there discussing this.
Oh. I just got a bulletin on my iPhone telling me Ted Cruz just landed the all-important Carly Fiorina endorsement. That'll be good for a vote or two.
And lastly for now: Kevin Drum tries to figure out what all those angry voters are angry about. It doesn't seem to be about the economy, Stupid.