What Stood Out This Week - 5/25-5/31

Is this fucking thing still going on? Yes, it fucking is. So let's see What Stood Out This Week...

The Republican

John McCain attended a fundraiser with President Bush. I guess the man needs Bushie's money. It was also closed off to the media to limit the number of photos of Bushie and McCain together.

Meanwhile, Johnny Mac can't seem to get rid of his lobbyist problem. Looks like everyone in his campaign team is having to quit these days. Oh, yeah. He's trustworthy.

If I were a Republican, I'd be feeling mighty nervous that my candidate isn't taking better advantage of the bickering Democrats.

The Democrats

Today's the day for some sort of decision from the DNC about the Florida and Michigan delegates. I'd just like to remind my dear B&E readers that primary voting isn't actually a constitutional right. Each state party decides who participates and how with approval from the national party. People of undeclared party in New York cannot vote in a primary election. Are they disenfranchised? No. Because they can vote in the general election. Primaries aren't the same thing at all.

The state parties in Florida and Michigan broke party rules by changing the dates of their primaries. To blame the national party or a particular candidate for the state parties fucking it up for their state's primary voters is unfair to say the least.

Anyway, some sort of compromise will probably be reached today.

Puerto Rico votes tomorrow (even though PR is not a state and its residents can't vote in the general election). Then finally, on Tuesday, the final contests: Montana and South Dakota, I think.

Even Hillary suspects that after Tuesday's elections, the bulk of the undecided superdelegates will finally make their decisions and give us an official nominee, once and for all.

So this week felt very much like a let's-wait-until-next-week week.

And that's What Stood Out This Week.