His calculus is clear – the need to still
her rally in the ninth, to lend his aid,
to join us all together with a will…
Or so spinmeisters say. Where now, John?
What prompted this? (The aria’s near done…)
How timely, really? (…by that lady who is fat.)
Obama needs your help? (The battle’s won.)
What promises…? (You’re too good for that!)
But how many in your vaunted Dixie home --
The farmers, miners, preachers, hoi polloi --
Are unimpressed by senators who roam,
Or sit too long, fence-bound, playing coy?
Or do you know some southerners, once gored
By populi, to get the final word?

"Aftermath: Mixed Nuts" (May 13)

"…we need to not divide and then polar-
ize the Democratic Party. So
stop the divisions. Stop trying to
split us into groups.” Thus we are
to understand the undeclaréd Ms.
Brazile, “…don’t divide me and then tell
me,” said she, “that I cannot stand in Hill-
ary’s camp because I’m black.” (What’s a whiz
kid talking head to say?) “…and I can’t stand
in Obama’s camp because I’m female.
Because I’m both…” Such a compelling regale-
ment should be broadcast all across the land.
But Hillary now divides, without a doubt.
Should Barack have really sat this late state out?