Our Chief Weapon is Fear, Fear and Surprise

There are two kinds of people in this world. Well that’s not true. With over six billion people there must be at least… five. But here in the USA, there’s only two. People who care about the Super Bowl, and people who care about Super Tuesday… and people who care about both. Okay, three. There are three types of people in the USA, people who care about the Super Bowl, Super Tuesday or both… and people who care about themselves, their families and their health. Four. Okay. There are four types of people in the USA.

“I didn’t expect a sort of Spanish Inquisition!”

Nobody does my friend. Nobody does. That bit never gets old. Thank you Monty Python. My point is, that there are two exciting events going down in a short period of time. Between the two, the country has been mobilized. I think it’s fairly safe to say that the vast majority of people, for the first time in a long time, have something to talk about with each other. Whether it’s the Giant’s surprise upset of the undefeated Patriots or Hillary’s surprise upset in New Hampshire. Or the story Eli Manning living in his brother’s shadow early in the season, almost forgotten and then coming back to take the lead in the end… sound familiar John McCain?

These two events have more in common than it may appear at first glance:

Politics: Political debates include a lot of discussion about religion.
Football: Players publicly thank Jesus and practically hold Mass for each and every touchdown.

Politics: Armchair pundits inaccurately predict the outcome.
Football: Armchair quarterbacks do the same.

Politics: People generally confused about the rules of a caucus.
Football: People generally confused about the forward motion rules.

Politics: Most Americans ambivalent about the outcome.
Football: Most Americans care about passionately about the outcome.

Politics & Football: The team with the most money usually wins.

According to all the experts, the Democrats stand poised to win regardless of the nominee. The argument goes that they have too much momentum due to the failure of their rivals… sound familiar Eli Manning?