I didn’t know much about him, when he decided to run for President this year, but I think I do remember seeing that he supported a flat tax. I am glad that he is speaking out, in defense of another principled political leader.

Which is the genius of the Electoral College. With the Electoral College, a city can force a given state Democratic, but each city can only influence it’s own state. If we went to a straight country-wide popular vote, the cities would outvote the rural areas every time.

People don’t elect the President of the United States. States do. Someone like Sen. Obama has to be able to get at least some Electoral votes from states whose population is not dominated by large cities. Someone like Sen. McCain has to get at least some Electoral votes from states that ARE dominated by large cities.

Since she appeared on the national scene the Dems have been slowly self destructing. Yesterday we saw Obama question John McCain’s honor. That is just patiently ridiculous. And the “You can put lipstick on a pig” comment was sure to play well with many people all across the nation.

It’s also fun to watch the media doing their best to help out The Chosen One with all the reports on how he is so strongly favored by “everyone else” all across the world. As if we really give a $hit about what Gordon Brown (or some stupid British singer) wants.

It’s still a long slog to the election, but it is starting to look like the light at the end of the tunnel for the Democrats is an oncoming train.

The wires now report Obama is courting votes in Omaha, NE, again the largest Democrat enclave in a mainly Republican state.

Seems the more urban the environs, the more the populace leans Democrat and/or liberal. The more rural, the more Republican.

Given the rules of the electoral college, the polls concerning popular vote or national trends are meaningless. But sure to be touted.

– Max