It's Heating Up

Interesting week for the two Democratic frontrunners, Hillary poopooed Obama for wanting to, gasp, have diplomatic talks with nations like Cuba and N. Korea. The more I watch the debates and listen to Hillary the more she bothers me. She has this hubris that reminds me in a lot of ways of W. Of course I agree with 90% of her positions, but I will forever hold her accountable for voting for the Iraq war and never admitting she was wrong. Today's Gallup data shows that she is overwhelmingly being supported by women and African-American voters, Obama is polling better with men and independents. I think I am now firmly in the Obama camp. Richardson can't win, Edwards is getting a bit whiny for my tastes and I still can't get my head around a populist getting a 400$ haircut, Gore apparently isn't running, so that leaves me with Obama. At first I thought he was a bit underqualified, he didn't do too well in the first debates, and he didn't have all of his policy worked out. Now he looks great, he has his facts and figures straight, he oozes charisma and charm, and he isn't afraid to take on the Clinton juggernaut. Obama speaks and reminds me of Bubba, in fact he is the heir apparent to Bubba in my eyes. Hillary, try as she may just has none of her husbands skills, she just isn't likable. Obama makes a more attractive cantidate to me in the general election as well, he isn't a polarizing figure like Hillary, and he would have appeal to the independents. His anti-war stance is in line with my thinking, and I think he has an appeal that would resonate with middle-class voters. My wife and I differ on this, she is a firm Hillary supporter, she is in the perfect Hillary demographic, 30 something, married, college-educated women. That may be the reason why Hillary will win the nomination. I just hope the people who vote for Hillary aren't blinded to her many flaws, simply because of her gender. In the meantime, I'm going to donate to Obama's campaign today.

Please, Run Al.

It's gonna happen, Gore is running in 08. I sat through the long boring Oscar show on Sunday just to see what he had to say, somewhere between Ellen's unfunny jokes, Gore stepped up to present with Leo and the guy joked about running, judging by his body language, he's running. He is going to let Hillary, Obama, and Edwards batter and bruise each other and then our boy is going to step in to save the day. He will pick Obama as his running mate and they will win in an electoral juggernaut. At least that is my dream scenario. This is Gores golden chance to give a giant middle finger to the Clintons and the hell that they made his life. Hollywood has already turned on Hillary, Gore has deep pockets now, he sits on the boards of Google and Apple, his fundraising will make Hillarys look like a church bake sale. The American electorate knows what the consequences of 2000 are, they are prepared to right that wrong. Gore is going to run and the GOP is scared.