And that's because he's Mike Huckabee, not Mike Hucka-was

A) I am a terrible blogger. I am so sorry to all nine of you that I didn't post earlier, like when everything I am about to discuss was relevant and newsworthy. I just haven't gotten around to it. I would love to tell you that I'll make it up to you with a post full of biting wit, brilliant commentary, and insight that will break the issues wide open for you, but I've just eaten a ton of ice cream and I'm already half asleep. Here's hoping.

2) The writer's strike appears to be maybe happily hopefully almost over. Not that we should break open the Veuve Clicquot, because I guess the WGA is scrambling to get the tentative deal in writing before the weekend, and that may not happen. It seems the big incentive right now is to keep the Oscars alive. I think I'm more excited about that than seeing The Office again!

D) For the few politicos here at It Is What It Is, Tuesday evening was pretty fascinating. All of my original thoughts (all 3 of them) have flown away like the first dove out of Noah's ark, seeking dry land, never to return. Here are the recycled reactions I am left with, 48 hours later:

- I am of the opinion that Obama is suffering from his own hype. I am also of the opinion that he is also suffering from his own lack of substance. I have watched the Democratic debates (far more interesting that the Republican ones, which were all McCain/Romney jabfests with little Ron Paul waving his arms and squealing "I'm here too!"), and I have to say that I was surprised how my perception of Obama has changed since watching them. I think his lack of seasoning shows, quite honestly. He doesn't have many hard answers to things, it seems. But he is a great orator. Wow, can that guy give a speech. But on Tuesday, he again fell victim to the media's hype. He did not do as well as predicted. It makes him look very bad. Primary season lasts another 3 months, so anything can happen, but his PR people better start telling Chris Matthews to shut up, or his hype will be his undoing.

- Mitt Romney is out! He dropped out! I kinda love it. He's such a [pick your derivative].

- And then there were two. I predicted that Huckabee would drop out after Super Tuesday (not that my readers would know that because I did not blog about it), but happily, he picked up momentum. He was the story of the evening! Could a Huckabee/Colbert 2008 campaign be coming around the corner? Oh Auntie Em!!! Now it's highly unlikely that he will actually get the nomination (he would need to get almost 1000 of the remaining 1191 delegates), so his fortitude is all the more fascinating right now, and I just don't know if he is what the party is looking for in a VP ... oh wait! Who cares what the party wants, because John McCain will be the nominee, and he couldn't give a rip about what anybody else says! I can tell from the noise of my own teeth gritting against themselves that this is a topic for a different post on a different day. In the meantime, ol' Huck is really something to watch. He's also someone to look into a little further.

The beat goes on ...