superDs

A lot has gone down since the last time...

Most recently, as in votes in TX are still be counted, HRC had a big 3/4 taking RI, TX and OH. This is a whole new thing - Im over following the delegate race, though i did hear that BO has something around 50 unannounced superDs in his pocket - no confirmation on that. FL and MI are gonna be a thing now too and I guess this is Dean territory - and can I just say that Im glad Im not that guy.

McCain is official and we are officially gonna wipe the floor w that guy -- UNLESS -- the dems find a way to suck the enthusiasm out of our electorate by overturning a popular mandate with this superD bullshit, or turning what has been a really great race into something not really great. We got a ways to go til PA so stay tuned.

Kosovo declared independence on February 17 and appears to have gotten away with it, which i guess isnt all together surprising considering the international support, especially US and prominent members of the EU. Russia is pissed bc, like Spain, they have their own secessionist movements to worry about. The Serbs are really pissed and took it to the streets. There was mischievous behavior involving a grenade at the US embassy in Belgrade but nothing major. There are still Serbian troops in N Kosovo who were initially told to ignore the independence and could be a problem in the future. Let us all hope that there is not a return to the war of all against all days.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader - now PM - Raila Odinga have reached a powersharing agreement after Kofi threatened to bail. they are calling it the National Accord and Reconciliation Act, which I think sounds pretty good. Odinga will be PM - and an elected MP and leader of the largest party in the Nat Assembly (or of a coalition if there is no majority). Kibaki and Odinga each get to pick a deputy and along with a VP they will make up a happy cabinet.

Hmmm... what else.

Raul is taking over for Fidel.

Turkey launched a pretty major, multi-day operation in Northerm Iraq. They were going after PKK rebels who live in the Qandil mountains. Then Iraq told them to leave. The US is on pretty thin ice.

Israel has been carrying out the most serious operations in Gaza since Annapolis - Abbas has suspended talks temporarily. Are all politics local, or what?

Pakistan had Parliamentary elections - and the Musharraf people did not do so well. Bhutto's PPP did well as well as the Sharif people.

And Russia has a new President Medvedev who was elected with 69% of the vote, but Putin seems to be the story there. so, i guess well see what happens.