LESS THAN SUPER SATURDAY

I'm sitting here rooting for Obama. I have come to loathe the Clintons pretty purely and plainly. I don't know any other way to say it. I'll admit it; I've rethunk, and I don' t see much good in them. To say it's all about them is a bit of an understatement.

Do I think that Barack Obama is a cure for all that ails us? Not really. Does he walk above the fray when it comes to money etc.? Nope. But jeez, compared to Hillary? He's a spiritual God. And his is the voice we need today. I don' t give a rat's ass about his policy statements. We need someone who can inspire. We face transitions on every front: domestic and international. We need someone who can speak to people and get them excited; someone who can speak some truth and be trusted that he IS speaking some truth.

We need someone who is NOT already hated and distrusted by 30-40 percent of the American populace. We do not need Hillary Clinton for the same reason we do not need Jeb Bush.

My only fear is that the Tom Bradley rule is still in effect. He'll have to be up by 20 points to win by 5. I never underestimate the ability of the American people to listen to their dark side while still believing that their light side is in force.

On the other hand, Barack Obama went to Cairo, Illinois (that's KAY-roh for you E and W coasters) and got them to vote for him. Cairo, Illinois which is as white and, ahem, uninformed as any place in the USA. Still, he was running against Alan Keyes then...so who knows?

As for McCain, the thing that struck me about his CPAC speech wasn't the content, it was the sound of his voice. He reeks of age; he sounds as old as he looks. He's the perfect GOP candidate for 1988. And let's face it; the issues aren't on his side. He has no ideas about the economy (which let's face it is falling and fading...record retail figures and not in a good way?) ; and the war in Iraq has faded. It will only return as an issue if things get worse because nothin' else is gonna happen between now and November. We've stabilized the capital, but without any political progress...well we know what's gonna happen. I still figure that if the GOP can't come up with anyone better than John McCain, well, then they've pretty much given up.

I still believe that the GOP is becoming the party for the curved line from El Paso, Texas to Norfolk, Virginia. And they go and nominate the one guy who would not be elected as a GOP Senator from any of those states.

Funny...