Obama, McCain, Clinton, Romney, Edwards & Huckabee:
Will They Make the Unthinkable (Bush Nostalgia) Thinkable?
(New Hampshire, NNS) The rapid-fire pace of the 2008
Presidential race has left us all asking a lot of questions. Will we
have the first African-American or female president -- or the first rich
white guy to beat both an African-American and a female for the Presidency?
The first Mormon Stepford-CEO? The first bass-playing fundamentalist minister?
What the hell happened to Giuliani? Has anyone waked Fred Thompson up to let
him know he's out of the race?
Was the John Edwards campaign dragged
down by the voters confused whether he's the guy who used to talk to dead
people on the Sci-Fi channel?
At least one thing we can say for sure is that Edwards
didn't help himself when he lamented his 3rd place finish in his home state
by saying,
"Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone he's trying to run my life
He don't know what he's asking
He tells me I better get in line
Can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm gonna make it mine
These ain't dues I been paying
How much does it cost
I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost
I'll try it
He can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine Sunshine."
On the Democratic side, the departure of Edwards means it's
now done to a contest between Clinton and Obama. Heading into Super Tuesday with
a big win in North Carolina and the endorsement of Teddy and Caroline
Kennedy, Obama is on a roll. Obama has a vibe of youth, good looks,
and energy going for him. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand,
has to fall back on the crutches of experience and maturity.
Meanwhile, Obama has to fight dueling perceptions that he's an unknown
quantity with too little experience. and is either not black enough or only
getting the attention because he's African-American. Hillary Clinton,
on the other hand, has to fight the uphill battle that she's, well, Hillary
Clinton.
As Rudy Giuliani crashes and burns in Florida and Edwards
drops out just one week
before Super Tuesday, the five most intense days
of the primary campaign are upon us. Of course, Super Tuesday
will have to compete with the two other big pop culture phenomenon of the week, the
Super Bowl and the return of "Lost". Compete? Sounds like a
theme week to me...
