Or Obama / Clinton as the case may be. Think it is silly? Check this out:

The morning after regaining some political momentum by winning three of four primaries (after losing 12 in a row), the former first lady happened to mention on some early news shows the possibility of her and Sen. Barack Obama forming a joint ticket to face the new Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain.

That would be great! Take all the people who will not vote for Hilary because she is Hillary, add to that the people who won’t vote for Hillary because she is a woman or a Clinton, throw in the people who don’t like Obama and/or don’t like the idea of a black man in The White House; then for flavor add those who where jilted by Mrs. Obama’s anti-American comments and you have a sure fire way for the Democrats to loose the Whitehouse. This is the best idea I have seen come out of the Democratic Party since Dennis Kucinich!

Also reporting:
American Pundit
Hot Air
Neocon News
OTB
Wake Up America
Michelle Malkin

I found the attached from WorldNetDaily this morning.

In Arizona, legislation that would allow people to carry their guns onto community college or university campuses has been advancing, and now awaits further Senate action, after critics demanded public schools be removed from the plan.

State Sen. Karen Johnson, the bill’s sponsor, said she was reluctant to make that change, because “I still feel our little kindergartners are sitting there as sitting ducks,” she told the Arizona Republic. But Johnson said the remaining bill now has a better chance to move forward.

Not a popular choice, but I think the correct one.

Lets do some math, and consider what this means. A reasonably competent person with a bolt action rifle (the slowest reload you are likely to see in modern times) can shoot about 30 rounds in a 60 second period - or 1 ever 2 second. With a little practice such a person could shoot one ever second, or 60 in a minute. In even the best cases, it will take the police 5 minutes to get to a scene like a school shooting. So, assuming only a moderately trained individual, and a manual reloading weapon, thats between 150 and 300 dead. Basically Ammo is the only limit.

I fully understand the hesitance of having guns in Schools - even though I am an avid gun owner. But how much safer will our children be if, for example, a teacher who has received special training and had a detailed background check, be permitted to carry a gun? The same is true for our collages - if adults, be they students or teachers, who receive both a detailed background check and special training, are permitted to carry a concealed weapon, that makes it a safer place; Right?

The New York [del]Enquirer[/del] Times did an article on this law which, despite its slant, is a good read. There was a couple of interesting points:

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a Washington nonprofit organization, said 15 states were considering legislation that would authorize or make it easier for people to carry guns on school or college campuses under certain conditions. Those states include Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Virginia, according to the center, but it considers the Arizona proposal particularly egregious because it would not only allow students and faculty to carry such weapons, but staff members as well.

First, it is good to see that not only Arizona but also several others are having a fit of good sense. I need to write my state representative and get him to get something moving here in Texas.

The point about allowing staff members to also carry guns as being “egregious” is a non started. What the Brady Bunch has failed to consider is that everyone, be they faculty, staff, or students are required to take the same training, pass the same testing, and pass the same background test.

A co-worker said it best: People do not go around punching people in the face because people tend to punch back. The same behavior is true regardless of the medium of exchange - be it fists, clubs, or guns. If you have a place where the victim cannot strike back at the aggressor then that place becomes very attractive to the crazy people out there who want to cause us harm.

Gun laws and gun free zones just stack the deck against us and our loved ones. Crazy people to crazy things, and the best we can hope for is a fighting chance.

It was an interesting night last night as the race for the Whitehouse begins to distill down. There where some surprises, especially for the Obamawackos, but it went mostly as predicted. Here is a re-cap:

1. John McCain wins the Republican Nomination as Huckabee Exists

Thats right, John is officially the republican nomination for President of the USA - God help us all. Yes, it stinks, but hey. From the Washington Post:

Sen. John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination last night, and immediately castigated his potential Democratic rivals as liberals who lack the experience and wisdom to lead a country facing economic distress at home and engaged in war abroad.

The senator from Arizona easily won primaries in Texas and three other states, becoming the new face of the Republican Party and, at last, capturing the prize that had eluded him for a decade. The victories ended one of the great tests of political endurance for a man whose personal mettle was forged by five years in a North Vietnamese prison.

This outcome was a foregone conclusion for month — for everyone but Huckabee. I am not a big McCain fan - he is more liberal than I like. But he is a damned site better than any of the Democrat potentials. So he has my vote.

The White House announced that McCain would receive President Bush’s endorsement after a lunch intended to cement the senator as the political heir of his former rival.

Of course he did - but note that Bush made no endorsement until after McCain has taken the official Republican Nomination.

2. Obama Wins Vermont

His one and only win last night, I might add. Shows people here in Texas and my former home of Ohio have more sense than much of the country. :) Barack took 60% of the votes in Vermont. But heck, even Kucinich took a %. From the Washington Post:

Of all the predictions ventured about what would happen as the votes were tallied today, perhaps the easiest call to make was that Barack Obama would triumph in the Green Mountain State.

No more than 15 minutes after the polls closed in Vermont, it was clear the Illinois senator had won.

3. Clinton Wins Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island

This was quite a surprise to most people. I wonder who was shocked more - the Obama camp or the Hillary camp. From the Washington Post:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won critically important victories in Ohio and Texas last night, defying predictions of an imminent end to her presidential candidacy and extending the remarkable contest for the Democratic nomination to Pennsylvania’s April primary and perhaps well into the summer.

Clinton also won in Rhode Island, while Sen. Barack Obama captured Vermont. Her victories snapped his winning streak at 12 consecutive contests, rejuvenated her struggling candidacy and jolted a Democratic Party establishment that was beginning to see Obama as the likely nominee.

Clinton still faces daunting odds in her bid for the nomination. Obama began the day with a lead in pledged delegates that will be hard for her to overcome in the 12 primaries and caucus remaining, despite the results from the four states voting yesterday. But her advisers said that the big win in Ohio alone would force a serious look at both candidates and that the race was far from over.

I wonder if Hillary knows she probably has Rush Limbaugh to thank for her wins - after all, he was urging republicans to vote for Hillary in the Primaries. In any event, it will make for a more interesting Democratic race. As Hugh, over at Townhall put it, “A month ago talk radio was dead. Now it has resurrected Hillary?”

These wins seriously helped Hillary, however, she is still running behind and it will be very difficult if not imposable for her to catch up.

In any event, it should be entertaining for a while as they continue what promises to be a bitterly entertaining race.

Also Reporting:
Hot Air
Michelle Malkin
Ace of Spades
OTB
Stop the ACLU
Oblogatory Anecdotes
Town Hall