Louisiana: the disconsolate few have spoken…

The talking heads on cable TV news and the big news websites were struggling last night to sound like they were reporting a big news flash that Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican primary.

I'm a big fan of NOT breathlessly reporting each primary in terms of "Gingrich has to win here" or "Romney can lock it up here," I wish the media would stick to "just the facts, ma'am" and tell us what the candidates are saying about policy and programs, and let the primary process play out until we know who the winner is. I can wait.

Another factor that should have depressed last night's reporting about the outcome in Louisiana is this: there are about 3.4 million folks in the Pelican State who are old enough to vote, and more than 97% of them didn't vote for Santorum yesterday. That's the headline: "3.3 Million In Louisiana Ignored Rick Santorum"


Cheers for the good folks, regardless how few or how unhappy they were, who did their duty and turned out to vote for the candidate of their choice…and, I'll add this, regardless of my opinion or your opinion of the candidates, at least the actual voters exemplified the democratic ideal.

Shame on all their neighbors, who didn't know, or didn't care, or didn’t bother…

More on the trivial few....