He’s got to run a pretty narrow table to have a shot against the Clinton war chest. My prediction is Clinton wins nomination, loses presidency. Follow the money.

(Edwards takes TN in the primary if wife Elizabeth stays alive. Thompson is a dead lock in TN, and probably to take the RNC nomination, too. Sad to say, but there it is.)

Hm. Even coming in as a loser, if I buy Les one, I’ll wind up owing you … four?

Even considering the reasonably low stakes, I think I’ll pass on this one. I have about zero confidence in the promise of activist Democrats today, much less the national party.

But ask me again as the primaries hot up.

This reminds me. Unc, I still owe you a beer. Thanks for the commentary and kind words. (I knew you were right about Ford Jr., by the way, but I suspect you knew that when you suckered me into floated that wager.)

You too, Les. I know I’ve gotten bent around the axle (pun intended) with the both of you, but it is really more about passion and ideology than it is about personhood; at least, that’s what I can say now in the cool of the moment.

(Your individual understanding of) God knows I’ve said some things that I would later come to regret, but I’d rather regret something that I did say rather than something that I didn’t. That’s how I roll, for good or for ill. A lot of the bloggy partisan back-&-forth has been at the forefront of my thought process as an outgrowth of this episode.

Hell, I’ll buy you a beer too, Les, but then that means two for The Uncle, which I’m sure he’ll support.

And Lynnster, what can I say. I’m chuffed. Really. We’re still planning on being in Memphis on 6/22 – 6/23 for the Stax concert. Write me at my real addy anytime. Sorry we missed you when you were down for Ginger’s thing. It looked like y’all had a blast.

If you ever have the opportunity to meet him in person, I highly recommend it, he’s great.