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Rue89.fr has the best piece I've seen this cycle on the primary. Its wicked late of course, and had less fawning coverage been in the European press I wouldn't have had those awkward moments over coffee with my co-workers, on why (a) it only counts if you're (i) Floridian, (ii) Pennsylvanian, or (iii) Ohioian and maybe (iv) Michiganian, (b) Senator Obama isn't competitive in three of those races and he has to win two, or pick up Mexico or Canada, (c) Senator Clinton is better than Marc Penn, she fired him, and Senator Obama is not known to be better than David Axelrod, he's now running the national campaign, (d) its not about race alone, its also about misogyny, the worst in American public life since 1912, and (e) we're neutral, neither ran on progressive issues.

I guess I'm not looking forward to explaining the convention when I'm next in Geneva.

The women in the photo are Nancy Kivlen, who volunteered for 19 months for the HRC campaign, and Bonnie Tierney, who describes herself (in the french translation) as "démocrate pure èt dure". Its really a smart piece, it covers Elizabeth Fiechter, links to PUMA, and last night's showing of The Audacity of Democracy, with the highlights of the Dave Axelrod's execution of that campaign's plan in the Texas primary and caucus.

The Wall Street Journal polled HRC voters and 21% indicate they will not be voting the top of the ticket, or will vote for the other party, and 27% are undecided whether to vote for the top of the ticket, and if so, for which party's candidates. As usual with polls, unless specific to the FL/PA/OH/MI voters, it counts for little but column inches.

Here's The Audacity of Democracy, "a ten minute teaser containing footage from PUMA PAC and Brad Mays' new political documentary, still being shot around America. At this juncture, the focus is on malfeasance during the Texas primary. It should be pointed out that we're still loading all the footage we've shot up to now into the editing system, and that production will continue through the election and possibly beyond. So what we intend to do is change this teaser on a weekly basis."