Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri...Or why there is NEVER enough Coffee...and I should have stayed in Alfama

Face it...for a LOT of us (including Marc Rubio)...it was just like THIS last night.

Politics can be brutal.

A ghastly sweep by both Trump and Clinton, that left me at midnight shaking my head and saying WTF is WRONG with people. Folks, if these are America's best hope...we are in DEEP SHIT.

 Really. 

One of them has revived the HATE we fought so hard in the 70's to rise above. A video taken by TYT Network just outside of the polls yestrday where a Trump Supporter was actually telling a group of non-supporters to  "...go to Auschwitz..." and of course THIS woman in Chicago using the Nazi salute.

 Un-fucking-believable.

and the other who practically insures we will see business as usual in the
 White House ( i.e. The Rich getting richer,corporate shady deals and the rest of us pretty much screwed) Endless Congressional gridlock and investigations/scandal, unless-of course-  she is INDICTED before the election in November.

I'm not sure they MAKE enough coffee for morning's like this...

But my MANTRA this morning is  "It isn't over until it is OVER" and realizing that although the 15th has shifted the fight to an uphill battle...

and for a lot of us...the pre-war advice remains the very same now as it did then.

"Come home CARRYING your shield, or On It."

So we fall back and re-group.  

Watched Rubio's "End of the Trail" speech last night...and although he was not my candidate, I felt kind of sad for him.

Watched Kasich's victory speech in Ohio and although he (also) is not my pick...felt a sense of happiness for him...and for the fact that Ohio didn't go to Trump.

Watched both Hillary's Victory Speech and Bernie's Concession Speech in a fogged disbelief. 

The delegate count now stands for the GOP (1237 needed for the nomination)


Trump:  690

Cruz:     419

Kasich   146


And for the Democrats (2383 needed for the nomination)


Hillary   1050

Bernie     733


None of these counts includes the Super Delegates...just the Delegates actually won at this time. 


Sanders is 317 delegates behind...not an insurmountable number...but the race just got much much more challenging.

The next group of Primaries slated for March 22.  

Arizona, Idaho and Utah (and for the GOP...also the Samoan Islands)


Politics...definitely not for the faint of heart.

 (...more coffee, please...)