I work at a place I consider to be a fairly liberal public university.  Now maybe thinking that is naive of me, but I do tend to notice a liberal vibe especially among the students and the younger workforce on campus.

Working in this kind of environment often makes me forget what state I live in.  I work on a college campus in a college town (read: liberal in a liberal) in the state of Oklahoma (read: so far from liberal isn’t not even funny).  Now, don’t get me wrong, I have come to love this state I now call home.  I think it’s a safe, wholesome place to raise a family and earn a decent wage, but with that safe and wholesomeness, comes the fact that we are the buckle of the Bible Belt.  Oklahoma is holding this socially conservative culture together.

So knowing what I know about Oklahoma, it shouldn’t surprise me that in yesterday’s Super Tuesday primary election, Mike Huckabee won 33% of the Republican vote in Oklahoma.  McCain won with 37%, but damn that was close.  I really didn’t expect Huckabee to do so well in Oklahoma.  Just goes to show you how truly naive I am.  Hello, Oklahoma and Hello, Arkansas right next door!

 And, while we are on the subject of politics, a place I promise to never go again, is it wrong that I have learned most of what I know about politics from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart?  If it is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.  Seriously, that show is really informative.  I learned all about how the delegate thing works last night and how the Republicans do it differently than the Democrats.  Because you know us Democrats just have to be difficult.

Also, does anyone else think its weird that Puerto Rico gets almost as many delegates as Oklahoma?  They don’t even get to vote in the Presidential election, but they get about the same amount delegates.  That just seems weird to me.  I am sure there is a logically explanation.  Maybe I should email Jon Stewart.