Things going from 25-50 cents in the 70's to 6-10 bucks... That's a hell of alot of inflation -- alot more than the supposed 2-4% reported by government figures each year. Over 3 decades, 4% would be a 324% price inflation. Instead, I commonly see things more in line with 20x (2000%). It's not just housing.

Can you point out a couple things that have gone from costing '25-50 cents' to 6-10 bucks?? Ringtones don't count that is a superfluous example.

The democratic primaries apportion delegates from each state. Obama won the democratic nomination, but if it was done winner-take-all, as the real election is, he would have lost to Hillary, who did much better in key states like Ohio. Polling numbers also show she did better than Obama in Florida and Michigan, which weren't allowed to seat any/all (didn't follow up on how that turned out) of their delegates.

Right you may be, but the reality of the nominating contest was apportioned delegates. If it was a different reality, you can be sure that Obama's campaign strategy would have been completely different, which regardless might have meant his victory.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060304268_pf.html

Since reality was what it was, we won't know if he would have lost.