“You see, the railroad was underground. So, so, it was slower. Not a regular railroad! Slower. So it takes, it takes, it uh, more time, underground, not a big choo-choo railroad. So it takes time. Did you know Harriet Tubman mostly walked on the underground railroad? Not too many trains underground, so it was slower.”

I dunno, I do like the idea that if you’re not a household name you need to do more than just eat at Iowan restaurants and say your favorite comfort food is vegetables to get attention for your campaign. Here’s my Liz Warren bias showing up but a shorter campaign would force people to put their cards on the table…

I mean, Obama won Iowa in 2008; it’s not like he was Mike Gravel or anything in name recognition terms.

I may just be already exhausted by 2020 and the primaries don’t start for months.

This is a great idea.

A single-day primary is a huge advantage to a frontrunner, which would be its biggest flaw. And that cuts in all directions: There’s no Bernie momentum in ‘16 with a single primary and Obama almost assuredly loses to Clinton in ‘08 under those rules.

My kingdom for snap election schedules in America. You get three months to make your case; primaries are done by early October (if not all on the same day), general at the usual time.

Ah, the Mourinho bunker, excellent.

Honestly, all this Metsing before the high holy holiday that is St. Bonilla Day feels almost blasphemous.

Make the 82-year-old manager or GTFO, Mets.

Considering Biden’s popularity, this is probably a net positive for Buttigieg among Democratic donors.

Americans of all people should understand how religion will or won’t be used toward progressive ends: We had religion on the front lines of the abolition movement before the Civil War ... and at the exact same time, Southern Baptists flipping pages in the Bible to explain why freeing the slaves would go against Jesus’…

Both sitting on the LEFT side of the plane, of course.

Yes, and in the NHL draft, taking the “highly touted foreigner” means a kid who didn’t play juniors in Quebec.

Biden sucks. This is a given.

He might have made a big deal if Mexico did it — unsafe border! INVESTIGATE!? — but would he honestly be troubled if some other country killed a pesky WaPo reporter? I sincerely doubt it.

The funniest thing about all of this is that Trump is the least bought-off GOP official when it comes to the Gulf states. 

Ah, the Patriot Act, still providing happy endings to poorly conceived law enforcement operations. You just love to see it.

Building consensus is fine when you have sides that are interested in the same goal but want to take different paths to get there.

Wow, I knew Delaware was a screwy place — there’s a reason companies rush to incorporate there — but to learn all this is fascinating.