I worked in radio a couple of decades ago, in a great big state with a tiny population, during the emergence of monolithic RW rage-ee-o. RWradio was clearly going to be a powerhouse, I could tell from the tension it awoke in my stomach. It was also clear that it was going to be overlooked by the young folks, my age and younger. I mean, who listens to talk radio? Who? Well, the listeners were people my parents' ages. The listeners were just our old folks, who were raised on radio and who always vote. As FauxNews arose, I quit radio and went back to college and studied STEM stuff, and missed the whole Reagan-inspired initiation into our new age of hyper-capitalism: the dot com boom day trader repeal of Glass Steagall thing. Remember when Bill Clinton embraced Reaganomics and Phil Graham while the old folks were calling him Satan cuz WhiteWater? Then. During the entire 90s, I thought the Reagan-era changes in the hearts and minds of American voters were reversible, but now all I can say is that I want my country back.

I suppose everyone knows by now how President Trump is winning the horse race this week. How can that be?

Looks like RedState is still locked in to the anti-Trump. Frankly, I'm amazed. This is a genuine sea change, puts Erickson in a new light. Perhaps he's always run his site according to genuinely-held conservative values, which were indistinguishable from gotprwnj crazy-time values until the emergence of this brave new world-o-Trump. These days, credit where it's due, Erickson doesn't want to be associated with the crazy, but in the old days he sure didn't mind.

Freepistan is pro-Trump on the surface, but really those folks are mainly locked into rabid anti-Hillary sentiment. She's a murdress, doncha know, remember the Benghazi !!! (heh). In reality, she's their best bet! Fair warning: after November freepers are still gonna want their country back, and they are still gonna want bunches-o-guns. And they are gonna want more rights for themselves, and fewer rights for people who don't think or look like they do. And they are still gonna want those other people to not think less of them when they display their prejudices. And when the other people DO think less of them for that, they are gonna claim those other people are driven by PC and they are gonna want the rest of us to be OK with that because wink wink all they want is for the rest of us to recognize the pain they experience when other people get some rights is genuine pain.

Huffpo is still strongly anti-Trump / pro-Hill. It is a tiny bit amusing, how they've had to cover the new great orange satan after plugging him into their entertainment section during the primaries. Speaking of orange satans, the GOS is freaking out about the latest polling. Good. I hope they have a rough ride into November, perhaps they can take a lesson about cutting off their allies' noses to herd some cats. I don't know about you, but I enjoy metaphors that are shaken not stirred, when I understand them. Which isn't always.

Sam Wang is still predicting a big democratic win.

There really is no viable candidate for the most powerful office in the known universe. How did we get here?

Edited to correct a typo and again to correct a typo about my typo, and to figure out if these blog entries are editable. heh