From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. So now we are in the stifling dog days of summer, tied by the ancients to the rising star of Sirius the dog.

The ancients call the dog days evil days. Homer said they brought fevers to suffering

humanity. John Brady wrote in the

1800s that these days soured wine, maddened dogs,

and afflicted man with diseases, hysterics, and frenzies.

Do you feel it? I ask because you, like many Americans, may be struggling

for some cooling comfort, refreshing predictions of better times to come. Don't count on it. Prognosticators,

especially political ones, are so often so very wrong. Remember?

Jeff Bush is the strongest general election nominee by far. He's got the best message

for a general.

He's going to raise the most money. The establishment likes him the best. A lot of members of

Congress would like to see him be the nominee. And obviously to some extent it's his turn

in the primogenitor of the party.

Oopsie! Well, it is game over for Jeb Bush after disappointing results in South Carolina.

Then there was Bernie Sanders.

An adorable socialist, but probably not a serious candidate.

But...

Senator Sanders is at an unbelievable job.

Let's be honest.

He brought the party in the right direction.

He excited people.

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