I just woke up after a year of sleep!

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 8:23 AM PST

2008/02/19 · 08:23

I feel a little stiff, but refreshed. I took three Tylenol PMs instead of two. Better not do that again. Those things are strong.

The first thing I did, before picking up a newspaper or turning on the TV, was to jump on the DailyKos to sum up the last year's campaign events. It was pretty clear how things were going to turn out when I drifted off on the night of February 18, 2007, so I might as well recap.

I'll assume that Super Tuesday cleared things up. No doubt John Edwards, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson and of course Hillary Clinton spent most of their time in the larger Super Tuesday states. Did Illinois and New Mexico move their primaries up to give a boost to their favorite sons? Clinton won New York, of course, and I'm sure Edwards bounced back in North Carolina. I'm guessing the other Super Tuesday big states like California, Michigan and Florida saw most of the campaign action, but after a clean sweep of Iowa (narrowly besting Tom Vilsack,) New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, Hillary Clinton was pretty hard to beat. Her rivals have all dropped out by now, except for Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, I'm sure. There are still primaries going on and more to come, but they're just formalities. It's Hillary Clinton's turn, and she's got it all locked up by now.

Is Hillary talking about a running mate yet? She could choose from her fallen rivals—Richardson, Vilsack, Edwards or Obama I'm sure would be glad to join the ticket. Or maybe Evan Bayh. I'll check the diaries later, but there must be several of them discussing what our all-but-official nominee is going to do.

The Republican side is still a mess, isn't it? I'm looking forward to watching Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani trading blows right up to their brokered convention! Unless Fred Thompson gets in—that could really mix things up! Remember how we used to talk about the threats from John McCain or Mike Huckabee? McCain is yesterday's news, and Huckabee never was. I wonder what they're up to now? I wonder if anyone even knows?

I was paying pretty close attention last year, as you can tell, which is why I was able to follow the logical progression of events to where we are today. The one thing I couldn't possibly predict is what fun The Daily Show and The Colbert Report had with the primary squabbles. I'm going over to YouTube to catch up on those right now!

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