And the frogs came up, and covered the land

By Michael J.W. Stickings

I'm still digesting yesterday's Super Tuesday results, and I'll post some reflections (and predictions) later. Quickly, I'll just say this:

-- Though he did rather well yesterday, in terms of winning delegates, McCain is a hollow frontrunner. He's only in that position because of the weakness of the Republican field and because conservatives, most of them decidedly against him, are divided.

On the other side, yesterday was a draw that, on a larger scale, Obama won. Given where he was just a few weeks ago, he did astoundingly well, winning all over the country and pulling even with Clinton (for whom Super Tuesday was the day that, it was once thought, would propel her comfortably into the lead) in preparation for an upcoming series of primaries and caucuses that seem to favour him.

More on this later. For now, something different, from a key battleground state.

From the Globe: "A White's tree frog from Australia sits in the rain forest exhibit at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo."