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!

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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.

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The following is an excerpt from the Washington Times which indicates that many of my fellow Republicans have fallen under the spell of Obama. Please say it isn’t so!

Republicans like Sen. Barack Obama nearly as much as they like their own likely presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, according to a new Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll.

The survey determined that a quarter of self-identified Republicans rated Mr. McCain most likable, but nearly as many — 23 percent — chose Mr. Obama as most likable. And among all adults surveyed, Mr. Obama was rated likable by more people than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mr. McCain combined, underscoring the Illinois senator’s appeal to voters across the political spectrum.

First off, it is important to note that this is a “likability” survey, and not a “electability” survey. The equivalent a deciding a food smells good as an indication of if you will actually eat it.

Secondly — Wake up people. McCain is not my first choice, but he is a far cry more sane that anyone else out there. He actually has the experience to do the job, and has the life experience to do it right. Sure he is a bit more liberal that I like, is in need of some anger management classes but overall he is the best man (or woman) in the running. Period.

Michael Ramerez sums up my thoughts quite nicely in the following political cartoon. So what do you want, charisma or experience for the man at the helm of our country for the next 4 to 8 years?

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No, not really - at least not yet. But she did give Obama another hit on the experience Front, using McCain as an example.

From The New York Enquirer Times.

“I think you’ll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say — he’s never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience,” Mrs. Clinton said aboard her campaign plane as she flew to Dallas. “I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002.”

Ouch, that is going to leave a mark. So Hillary endorses McCain over Obama? That shows remarkably good sense, I doubt it will last.

Direct, concise, and to the point - very atypical of Hillary. She has it mostly right - if one assumes that living in the Whitehouse for 8 years actually gives you a lifetime of experience. One could argue the maid or chef has that experience as well - they just need to run.

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I don’t get to use this word to often, so here goes: Blasphemy!

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told a crowd at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Sunday that he believes the Sermon on the Mount justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions. He also told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized abortion does not make him “less Christian.”

“I don’t think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state,” said Obama. “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans.” ((Hear audio from WTAP-TV)) St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans condemns homosexual acts as unnatural and sinful.

First, Obama should probably actually bother to read the Sermon on the Mount. I doubt homosexuality would make the grade for “pure in heart”, or “thirst for righteousness”. I would also suggest he rereads vs 19 & 20 of Matthew 5:

Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

To get to the book of Matthew he must have stumbled upon Genesis and read Sodom and Gamora.

The “obscure reference in Romans” is probably Romans 1: 26 & 27:

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

I am really getting tired of writing about this guy. He is the antithesis of everything I believe in, every things I stand for, and everything I hope to see in my lifetime.

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First cartoons, then movies, and now trespassing — It is just not a good time to be a Danish reporter.

This from the USA Today:

Terkel Svensson, a writer for the Danish News Agency, could not get wireless Internet access at the schoolhouse to file a story. But Svensson could get his cell phone working so he called his editor in Copenhagen and started wandering across a quiet country road as he chatted away.

… What Svensson didn’t realize was that he had stopped walking a couple hundred feet away, on the front lawn of an elderly woman. An elderly woman who looked through her window and didn’t like that a strange man was standing outside her house. An elderly woman who had, um, a gun.

Well this is Texas after all - we all have guns. And if you think that is just a trite expression, you would be mistaken. Here is a picture from a Danish website, Avisen.dk:

Some more levity on a Monday. I got this in an e-mail chain, so hats off to whoever created them.

A nice little video from You Tube.

And of course we all remember the The Democratic Rpublic of Congo Relief, Security, and Diplomacy Promotion Act of 2006. Certainly.

H/T to HotAir.

Earlier this week I wrote about the endorsement Obama received from the National of Islam, specifically Louis Farrakhan.

Well, it seems that Obama was, as I predicted, not enthused by the endorsement.

Obama was asked a fairly direct question from Russert (The first of the night, I might add):

“Do you accept the support of Louis Farrakhan?”

Rather than a simple and straightforward “No” he gave the following wordy reply:

“You know, I have been very clear in my denunciation of Minister Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic comments. I think that they are unacceptable and reprehensible. I did not solicit this support. He expressed pride in an African-American who seems to be bringing the country together. I obviously can’t censor him, but it is not support that I sought. And we’re not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally, with Minister Farrakhan.”

It seems to me that he was trying to both distance himself from the Farrakhan’s view, but not from his support. A sidestep that was not a well executed as it should have been.

Here is the video, courtesy of YouTube:

I do have to give Tim Russett some credit here. After handling Obama with kit gloves most of the night, he did hit him pretty hard on this issue. To bad he couldn’t have shown some of that forcefulness on matter than actually matter.

I know, it is a border line issue, and some would even call it inappropriate to spend time on it. However, it is important to know the types of extreme individuals who are landing on Obama’s doorstep. Want it or not, support it or not, you do not draw in people like Farrakhan unless they see you as a way to advance their agenda.

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Here is some very interesting comparison of the candidates, courtesy of the Rasmussen Reports.

Rasmussen released a report over the weekend which ranked the presidential hopefuls on two simple metrics. Percent of voters who would vote for them, and those that would vote against them. The finds are very interesting and don’t frankly, paint a good picture for the Democrats who only tow contenders are polarizing individuals.

The following table shows the breakdown:

As you can see all of the candidates, with the exception of McCain how more people lined up to vote against them than for them. Even in the case of McCain it is a slim margin. But unless something goes very wrong with the electoral collage, then popular vote says no democrat will be in the White House again this year.

Now I know that there will be some consolidation once the field of choices is narrowed down to two. None the less it seems to me that the larger group have issues with the two Democratic candidates. After all they are not, in my most humble opinion, real candidates.

The report makes some other good observations:

Thus, while the base of strong support has risen for both men in recent weeks, it’s risen only slightly for Obama. On the other hand, core opposition to McCain, the least of any candidate’s, is the same as in December; whereas strong opposition to Obama has jumped seven percentage points.

Lets face it, none of these candidates for president are in the category of first string players. People just find McCain less offensive - which quite a statement for the quality of his competition.

Rasmussen Markets data now shows McCain with a 93.7% chance to win the nomination and Huckabee has a 1.3% chance. On the Democratic side, the Markets give Obama a 81.8% chance to win the Democratic nomination while expectations for a Clinton victory are at 17.5%.

Rasmussen is basically saying what we already knew - it will be a McCain vs Obama race once the nominations are given.

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