Pols, flacks, significant others watch returns and consume adult beverages at Faulkner/Ice Miller event in Indianapolis.

OK, so this isn't the actual tumbleweed technology that we thought we had. It appears that you still need good connectivity to the internet to make live blogging really work ... And if you want to blog from the cellphone it helps if you charge the battery before you leave.

Still in all, what a great night for Pol watchers and those of interested in the process.

Faulkner Strategies and Ice Miller put on quite a nice spread with a couple of free drinks and some great munchies ...

Seen in the Crowd ...

Several notable pols and pundits were in attendence, notably Brian Howey of the Howey Political Report, CD 07 Candidate and State Rep. John Elrod, and Rep. Sean Eberhard of Shelbyville, among others.

Ft Wayne Blogger "Angry White Boy" and our own contributors Josh Gillespie, Kurt Luidhardt (and Kristen, of course), and Jacob Perry were also there, along with Jim Banks and his lovely bride, Amanda.

Marion County Chair, Tom John was working the room as were some of the new Mayor's staff ... Angel Rivera and Todd Tolson (who showed up fresh from his work-out, in what can only be described as, well, sweats) we also observed working the bar ...

In a second blunder of biblical proportions, we forgot the batteries for the digital camera so we have no photographic evidence to prove our claim that everybody had a really great time... but hey, if we can rip somebody else's pix off, we will.

Special thanks to the Claddaugh and their hard workin' staff and Mark Shublak of Ice Miller. HT/ Tim and Doris Anne Sadler.

McCain-Romney/Clinton-Obama and California ... proportional pledged delegates and reality of perception.

Even if you win you potentially lose. One or the other GOP POTUS hopefuls will "win" Cali's big dance tomorrow, but the number of Congressional Districts that have very small numbers of GOP voters could be potential gold for the down tier (read: Huck and the Paulster) candidates. Plus with 21 other states and territories all playing our game tomorrow, the numbers could end up anywhere. (Remember, New Hampshire?)

Not that we here on this blog care who wins, but the reality is that nobody's going to win big enough tomorrow that everybody won't have something positive to spin on Wednesday morning. California may be the big prize, but there's Georgia and the Midwest, the "wild" west and let's not forget some other notable states that will be following along a bit later... like Pennsylvania. Needless to say, it will be entertaining to watch FNC's stable of former supermodels and Miss Americas (oh, and the Brown-haired Guy that ain't Steve) on Wednesday. They will have a lot to keep up with as the camps and candidates flack their way through the infomercials that are cable news morning shows (after they finish shilling their own books). You can bet that we'll have three or four TVs on to monitor the madness and look for the really good stuff to share with you.

Note to the night-owls:
We may be blogging live from Faulkner Strategies' little shin-dig at the Claddaugh on South Meridian Street in downtown Indianapolis tomorrow night. Look for reports at least until our intrepid reporters and insider flacks out there have had a couple of drinks. After that, all bets are off.