There's a lot of speculation this morning that the race for the Democrat nomination for the Presidency ended last night somewhere on a back road in North Carolina.  Barack Obama delivered a WWE sized butt-kicking to Hill-Rod there in the squared (or in NC's case, rectangular) circle of primary politics.  

It looks like Clinton has canceled her appearances today and is in closed door talks about what might come next.  And as much as I hope she sticks around and forces a bloody, pitched battle at the convention this summer, there'd be a certain undeniably bitter-sweet irony to a signed, sealed and delivered Barack Obama nomination on May 7, 2008.

That's because today, sadly, we commemorate the three-hundredth consecutive day here in Michigan without a single visit, fundraiser, campaign stop or acknowledged fly-over from Illinois own Barack Hussein Obama.

Hopefully you've had a chance to check out the film "300."  Or, better yet, read the Frank Miller comic book that inspired it.  Not that he gets all the credit... the battle of Thermopylae is rooted in history, after all.  It's the story of a brave group of warriors who battled against impossible odds to hold off an overwhelming enemy, allowing others behind the lines time to organize and mount a successful defense in future battles.  Like the Alamo except with swords.

Now don't get me wrong... Hillary Clinton is no Spartan warrior.  But God bless her for occupying the invading liberal horde as long as she has.  300 days here in Michigan her squabble with Obama has kept him AWOL.  300 days she's kept him at bay.  300 days for Michigan to slide from a solid blue state to more of a magenta prospect.

300 days!

A long time without a visit... not that Barack hasn't stayed kiiiind of busy here in Michigan politics.  After all, in that time he's done all of the following...