SUPPORTING THE SURGE

OK, so it's hard to take anything away from the NY Giants and the annoying Eli Manning as they show new signs of life in the final quarter of the Superbowl. And it would be nice to see the Patriots streak broken. But they're still a couple of east coast teams complete with kiss-up obsession from the same-coast media elite. Oh, and one more funny E-Trade commercial makes it more fun. But for me, the real action is this week, in California and lesser states on Tuesday.