I'm really happy that Hillary is still in the race. Again, I haven't figured out who I will vote for in November, but I'm pretty sure I want Hillary on the ballot. I of course am excited by the prospect of our nation's first woman president, but I'd be just as excited by our first African American president.
One thing's for sure, if the race will depend on oratory, our next president will be black. He's just got the whole speaking thing down, from the pacing, to the Martin-Luther-King hopefullness and bravery, to the Sunday morning preacher soundbites, he's just got it down. I like Hillary, but she just doesn't sound as good.
I found it interesting that Hillary took back the woman vote in New Hampshire (a state I probably can't find on the US map, so I obviously don't relate much to their voters -- I mean really, south of Canada, north of Maryland and east of the Great Lakes is one big lobster-sucking region of the US to me, I doubt I'll take my vote based on what goes on there, wherever "there" is). But the return of the woman vote put Hillary back in the race (and possibly back in the White House).
No idea how much "The Tear" played in last night's race. I think it had as much to do with Hillary's return as the woman vote. I know it struck a cord with me. It made her look really human. We obviously want a human being in the White House, and, honestly, we can't have our Chief Executive Officer doing the boo-hoo every time things get tough. But it made up for how sterile she tends to sound in her speeches. "The Tear" sort of summed up the American sensitivity for people getting "bullied" by two male front-runners.
No idea what will happen in the GOP (other than the fact that I will just totally die if Huckabee becomes president). I find McCain to be the most likeable, although there are plenty of his platform points that I don't like. I know everyone is getting sick of hearing this, but his experiences in Vietnam give him an undeniable authority on War. I can't think of anyone who could be more motivated to keep us out of War. So his support of the war is remarkable.
But now we get a bit of a break from the presidential election, about a month until SuperTuesday February 5th. Just in time, as Alcoa kicks off the new earnings season.
Neither Obama nor Clinton seem to me to have very good chances of not being shot at sometime during their possible presidential terms.
Posted by: shrimplaye | February 01, 2008 at 03:20 PM