Let's see...

According to the Kos numbers, Obama has 1,964 delegates sewn up right now.

We have Puerto Rico, Montana, and South Dakota yet to do, and we're still fretting over Michigan and Florida.

Let's consider a disastrous scenario...

If you harbor a notion that Obama's Wright controversy will die down soon, I want you to gird your loins for at least another week and a half of news cycles.

The lead story on MSNBC.com this morning was a prime example of how quick people are to loosen the reins on their racial prejudices. The Ferraro Play was a bold and deeply cynical stroke, and if this article is evidence, the game is going as planned.

Let's talk about it below.

So, I'm in the car again.

I'm in a big city, so I'm listening to Marketplace, which is produced by something called "American Public Media", which sounds like a deeply liberal cabal.

So I'm ready to be pleased.

Only, what I hear is some dulcet-voiced Dow Jones type telling me (with regard to national health) that "Some want a system like they have over in Britain, where the National Health Service offers care for free. Or at least it's funded by the taxpayer to the tune of almost $200 billion a year."

The newsreader goes on to report on some egregious defects in the UK's system, mostly related to people dying from cancer while other people get sex change operations and boob jobs.

But that's neither here nor there.