First Post: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

How can you root for Willard M. Romney, LDS? It’s like rooting for Moloch. (Don’t worry. It gets fair and balanced on the clickthrough!)

No real admirers of Oblahblah, either. He is a bit of a chameleon. He can be Mistah Kool when he wants, or else he can be Joe Demagogue as necessary. Perhaps it’s down to lack of a reliable older male figure during his formative years. For example, when he’s stumping, he pronounces words that end in -ity as though he’s from the Deep South, as in “responsibilituh” and “equalituh”. Well, we suppose Hawaii and Indonesia are in the lower latitudes.

Besides, who outside of Russia names their daughter Sasha unless they’re a big fan of the old Soviet Socialist Republics?

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 5, 6, 9
Gulf 1, 6, 7, 11

Pay-side: This week. The coming weekend. Today…

Laurel 6, 8, 9
Tampa 4, 5, 7
Fair Grounds 2, 8, 9
Turf Paradise 3, 5, 9

WMF Report:

Speed
Delta 5f
Laurel 5½f
Portland 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Finale at Chas. Town (10:55 p.m. EST / 7:55 p.m. PST), and the pairing of #6 Love to Shoot Out and #8 Jjalad can outrun their morning-line appraisals. …Race 6 at Delta (9:03 / 6:03) finds #1 Mauriceville as a potential upsetter. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Next time!