"achingly short sighted". Why can't the Bluerinse Brigade seem to write? (and never say "Regards", it makes you sound all Euro).

I offered a wager, which you declined. But said at the time (to Jack, I think) that the race was a toss-up. "A cluster", I believe, was another term employed.

Your assessment that VA and NJ were going to be disasters shows sturdy common sense, I think.