Peeking into the rock

At Democracy for America, you can participate in a poll as to who you'd like to vote for. It gives you first second and third choices. So far, Al Gore has 31% of the vote, followed by Barack Obama at 22% and John Edwards at 18%(my rounding), then Kucinich at 17% and Clinton at 5%. Among the people voting for Al Gore as their first choice, its Barack Obama at just over 27%, John Edwards at just under 27%, Kucinich at 22%, Clinton at 9%.

Clearly, if you did get to all the Democratic voters, the spread and exact placements might be different, but I don't think it would be as different as the newspapers would like to think. I don't know why Obama does so well in spite of the fact that his politics are just as bad as Clinton's.

My dream ticket: Edwards/Kucinich.

On another front, MacUmba. Samba percussion, and bagpipes. They do "Steam Train." I'm not sure I approve of the middle part, but it is interesting. I think the percussion works well with "Cullen Bay."