With all the talk about global warming it's time to throw some ice on the subject. Some scientists are becoming a bit worried that we're about to head into an ice age because of the sun. Yes, the article is in a popular magazine and not a scientific journal. But there's now a real possibility that the sun is going to enter into a "lull," which could cause a mini-ice age. Yeah, the sun is only a minor influence....

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"At the moment in news organization tallies, Mr. Obama narrowly leads Mrs. Clinton in tallies of so-called pledged delegates chosen through the primaries and caucuses, about 840 to 830. However, she holds a lead among superdelegates, roughly 200 to 120. Most such delegates have not publicly declared an allegiance yet." The Sun speculates that Obama might win the most delegates in the primaries/caucuses but just barely and not enough to clinch the nomination and that Billary, through the superdelegates, will have enough votes to clinch the nomination. While an Obama spokesman believes that the superdelegates won't violate the will of the people what do you think Billary will till them? "Vote for Obama, he's gotten more support from the people," or, "We've given you all this money over the years. You vote for us or else."

Here's a list of the pledged and unpledged Democratic superdelegates. Note that Billary owes an approximate 2 to 1 lead in these delegates. Given that the Obama campaign is forecasting that they will lead by only 17 delegates at the end of the primaries/caucuses, and that Billary will likely win 2/3 of the superdelegates (giving her +250 or so among those), that will push her over the top.

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Today is a very big day on the Republican side. John McCain addresses CPAC (a gathering of conservatives in Washington, DC). This gives him a chance to shore up the noisiest base of the GOP that is also unhappy with him. If he does well today, he'll have the nomination sewed up by month-end.

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Poker? How I'd love to play thee. Instead, in 12 minutes (9am), it's back to the grind....