Vote for Hilary!

That’s right, folks – she’s still in the race.

Cast your vote here.

Clearly, Hilary is the best artist for the job. Yes we can.

I wonder if there will be a borderline-racist New Yorker cover, with Dudamel as a cartoon Che Guevera and Natalie Dessay as Marie Antoinette.

Maybe Murray Perahia’s camp will run TV ads about Rolando Villazon’s “celebrity status”, and Anna Netrebko will respond.

Will Angela Merkel let Paul Lewis give a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, or will that make him look too much like J.F.K.?

And the real question on everyone’s mind: will Ivan Fischer will choose Gerald Finley or Marc-Andrew Hamelin as his running mate. Finley might get him the diction vote, but would the choice of Hamelin mean a The Rest is Noise endorsement??

I can’t wait for the Olympics to end so the media can finally turn its attention to the real campaign at hand: Gramophone Artist of the Year.