Hillary!

I love horse race coverage! This has been fun, exciting, and completely unpredictable—the very essence of entertainment (not to mention democracy).

What I mean about the essence of entertainment is this:

It was only four days ago that Mike Huckabee had the MSM and the blogosphere and the pundits eating out of his hand. Now, it’s Mike Who? (Intellectual honesty also compels me to mention Rudy Giuliani’s seemingly dire straits. I told you I’m not a politico.

What a ride. She who was declared deader than a doornail by the most level-headed commenters only hours ago has been chosen by the Democrats of New Hampshire. Against all expectations.

In her acceptance speech, Hillary said she’d found her own voice. Interesting. I wonder what that will sound like. (Terry McAuliffe is already spreading the meme.)

Crazy! It was impossible not to get caught up in Obama-mania. Has it been deflated? Who knows!

Kevin Drum, for one, is counting his blessings:

I have several reasons for being pleased with the results of tonight’s Democratic primary:

Hillary Clinton’s victory felt to me an awful lot like a repudiation of the mainstream pundits who spent the entire weekend first dumping all over her and then playing the “Hillary in tears” tape on practically a continuous loop yesterday.

Yep, that’s a good one. Here’s an even better one:

Hillary’s victory should amp up Andrew Sullivan into even greater feats of CDS hysterics than we’ve seen so far. If that’s possible. In any case, he seems to thrive on a state of constant agitation and stomach-churning nausea, so I figure Hillary’s victory is probably good for him.

And it was the bitches in the house that came out to support her: Hillary beat Obama with women voters by 13%.

Best of all, this is a win for America (I mean that all of it—including the highly contested and jam-packed campaign, the many debates, the incessant infotainment-heavy media coverage), because people are showing an increased interest in the political process.

And that, dear readers, is why I think that Infotainment Rules! (It grabs your attention—sometimes even in the public interest and to the benefit of our vibrant democracy.)