We Want To Win

The long-term impact of the Tinseltown tussle between the Clinton and Obama campaigns is no big deal, but it showcases a big issue in the primary campaign.
At issue: Can Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, or Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, be elected president?

Ah, there's that 800 pound gorilla in the room. It isn't bad enough that we're talking about the first woman and the first African-American (not, as I said earlier, should that be an issue), but also we have Hillary's waffling and baggage, Obama's inexperience and the fact that both of them are U.S. Senators and the Senate isn't necessarily the best springboard to the Presidency.

Democrats like both Clinton and Obama, but the question is "can they win?" Democrats want a winner. They're tired of loosing. They're on an adrenaline rush after the 2006 elections and they want to take back all levels of the government. Democrats don't want another Scalia or Alito on the Supreme Court, they don't want anymore of the failing neocon foreign policy, they don't want anymore abuses of executive power. Democrats want to win and they need a sure thing to do it.

While Hillary and Obama both represent a perfect balance of issues needed for a Democrat to win his or her base, they are after all, the former First Lady everyone loves to hate, and the two-year Senator from Illinois.

Perhaps it is time to look at other candidates as well...most notably, Former Congressman, Secretary of Energy, UN Ambassador and current Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson.

Not an official endorsement...at least not yet.