Super Duper Tuesday Dept.

So, When Will We Know and Exactly What Will We Know?

Somewhere-in-the-woods Jefferson County, WA — Well, first we'll know that John McCain is going to be the Republican nominee. But we knew that last week before hardly anyone voted anywhere.
According to the political pundit I love to hate, Time Magazine's Mark Halperin at The Page, who ties Shrubya for Best Smirk, we'll know a lot by the end of the night.
We'll know the candidate distribution of 1,681 of the 2,025 elected delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination.
So far, Obama leads Clinton but each has less than 100 from earlier primaries and caucuses.
Then there are the Super Delegates. I forget how many of those there are. I could look it up for you, but let's just wait until somebody else does that tomorrow. ( C'mon, give me a break, I was up all night trying to figure out how to get that airbrushed picture into my profile.)
Then there's the question of the disallowed Florida and Michigan primaries, which could go to court if Hillary's feeling really stressed.
So if Super Duper Tuesday produces no blowout — both campaigns are very cautiously "realistic" today — we won't know until August. Denver. National Convention. Floor fights. Fat men smoking cigars in back rooms. Chicago '68! Yea!
Oh yeah, when will we know it?
The fat lady sings at 5 pm PST in nine states; 5:30 in Ark.; 6 in six states; 7 in four, 8 in Cali, the last. Alaska's polls close, unaccountably, at 10:30 p.m. Last I heard, Obama was the only candidate with a field office up there.