A new blog the management of this one recommends.

As readers of this blog are well aware, I have been-- and still am-- on a learning curve as far as blogging goes. I'm going to cross post here for a while what I write on the new blog-- out of a sense of loyalty to my seven readers-- if that many have stayed with me!

Michigan Primary Results

Why the Michigan primary results do not bode well for Hillary Clinton: Tom Edsall's post explains what all the bloviating cable commentators have missed. Extraordinary that everyone else has missed this trend...

The Michigan Democratic primary was on the surface a non-event. The national party has ruled the state's delegation will not be seated. Of the major candidates, only Hillary Clinton was on the ballot, pitted against "uncommitted" in a seemingly meaningless race (she won by 15 percent).

Yet the exit poll results from this strange contest reveal some troubling trends for the New York Senator.

Among men, for example, the battle was neck and neck. Clinton got 47 percent and the anonymous/non-existent opposition got 43 percent. (Clinton did substantially better among women, winning 58-37.)

The opposition was not, however, altogether ethereal. For the most part, voting "uncommitted" was a substitute for casting a ballot for Barack Obama, or for some voters, John Edwards.

Among black voters, Clinton was crushed by "uncommitted," 26-70. If that kind of margin among African Americans continues into future primaries, she faces major problems in the heavily black January 26 South Carolina primary and in the states with large black populations going to the polls on February 5 -- so-called Tsunami Tuesday. Clinton carried whites in Michigan by a 61-30.

Clinton ran poorly among young voters of all races, losing those under the age of 30 by 39-48 percent; splitting voters from 30 to 44 by 46-48 percent; solidly carrying the 45 to 56 age group by 54-34 percent; and winning voters 60 and older by a landslide 67-31 percent.

Josh Marshall has this interesting fact: Kucinich got almost as many votes as Guliani in Michigan tonight.

The pundits never seem to learn: Watching Andrea Mitchell talking about John McCain's candidacy on MSNBC she says his candidacy was over because of the Michigan results tonight. Of course, his candidacy was over even before the first primary. And Clinton was toast after Iowa... you get the idea..

The environmental Pope? We can only hope so, and he follows through...

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas to all six or seven visitors to this blog.

Powerline defends my Huckabee story.

Also on Huckabee: John Amato.

And an interesting new story by Sam Stein.

Lance Armstrong running for political office?

Apparently sold some books in the Czech Republic. The store there even has this website.

Now that we know this, the publisher should sent us to Prague, I think, to keep the momentum going. Alas, probably not, though.

WSJ content to soon be free online...

I have a new story out tonight at the Huffington Post: Justice Department Reopens Probe into Warantless Wiretapping Program. A Dan Froomkin column on this issue from a while back.

Pakistan has apparently hired everyone in Washington D.C. for their payroll after declaring martial law. An army of their lobbyists is already descending on Capitol Hall, as this blog post is being written.

This just in: Brent Wilkes found guilty on thirteen counts.

Charlie Kaiser has been off to a really strong start as Radar's new media critic....

The American League Golden Glove awards are just out. Some surprises: Adrian Beltre beat out both .Alex Rodriguez and Eric Chavez at 3B. And Orlando Cabrera of the Anaheim Angels or California Angels or whatever they are beat out Derek Jeter at SS.

(In an exclusive interview with this blog, baseball authority John A'mato explains that Jeter got off to a "rough start... because of the intense cold that blanketed the East Coast" at the start of the season and that Cabrera was "consistent throughout.")

I know I don't ordinarily write about baseball, but we are trying a new business model at this blog, to increase readers. We are grateful to the eleven unique visitors we now have, but we would like to try for more. On the other hand, we don't want to alienate our base... by getting into an entirely unexpected area. Aargh.