We've done the math for weeks.
We've endlessly crunched the Clinton-Obama numbers, dependent on the impartiality of simple mathematical truths to guide Democrats through a primary season that is none other than historical.
Numbers grounded us as neutral determiners, as emotions ran high in both camps. The he won, she won figures kept the primary die rolling, parlaying the voter into a Donkey Trifecta--us, Obama and Clinton.
Mathematicians will tell you--numbers are not as calculating as one might think. Depending on the situation--as so well stated by Lewis Carroll--the different branches of Arithmetic --Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision--put a face on numerals, especially during a political season.
The numbers screamed in North Carolina and Indiana last night. With each figure representative of a vote cast by a single person, collectively the message has been sent.
The times for sums are over.
It's all about subtraction now....and graceful exits.
With her morning talk show schedule cancelled this morning, is Hillary Clinton planning to finally address the math jumping off the page for resolution?
Or will she add a branch to Carroll's Arithmetic?
Delusion?
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirably adapted to the objects of reality?
- Albert Einstein
