IT'S MY PARTY (AND I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO)

Today is the Pennsylvania Primary, which is the latest "crucial" primary. Aren't they all? Superdelegates are swearing left and right not to be swayed--so why are they swaying left and right? Everyone is grouchy and dispirited, name-calling, on the attack.

It's called politics. (In other countries, sometimes they kill the opposition. Here, we call each other names and then respond with indignance and horror when the opposing candidate is "just not nice.")

Hillary is called horrible for her low attack ads, using people's words against them, warning that "if you can't stand the heat, don't stay in the kitchen." She's behaving . . . like all the other male candidates in history. (I'm not sure why that makes her more untrustworthy or despicable than all the men who've gone before her, but according to some, it has to.)

Obama, the "front-runner", is busy being a victim--the wunderkind distressed by anything short of unanimous adoration. Further, he resents being known by the company he keeps. (If that applies to you and me, shouldn't it apply to our candidates as well?)

Well, make no mistake. These are politicians, my friends, and as much as they may complain or scream or cry, they LIVE for the drama of the political race. And contrary to the anxiety the Democratic party bigwigs are trying to stir up if we don't resolve this conflict BEFORE the convention (which is rightly where those running resolve their conflicts), just remember that no political split in memory has ever prevented the politicos from re-grouping the day AFTER the convention in solidarity. Oh, they love the pyrotechnics, the outrage. But they want to be on a winning team, and they WILL band together behind whomever wins. It's all about competition and winning (not what happens once you're governing). And if you realize that this, too, is business as usual, then suddenly it all seems a little less dire . . . and perhaps a tad more silly.

Still no voice for the Michigan and Florida delegates. All the power going to the superdelegate vote. (Did we waste our time at the polls?)

Four years ago, the election was the Democrats' to lose. And they did. Will all these back room shenanigans lose it for us again? Grow up people. Have some accountability to the people you serve.