The people who want Obama really want Obama, and the people who want Clinton really want Clinton. If they are on the same ticket then you merge two groups of enthusiastic supporters and McCain doesn’t stand a chance. However without the “dream ticket” then the Democratic candidate won’t have as much combined enthusiasm and the Democrats might lose. I’m glad to hear that both Clinton and Obama are talking about the possibility of running together. Maybe it’s time for Obama and Clinton to agree to flip a coin and the winner gets the top of the dream ticket.

Up until now I never considered Obama to be a real candidate. Just 5 years ago no one knew who he was. But now his old friend Reverend Wright is stabbing him in the back taking advantage of their relationship for personal gain. The Clinton’s have had their friends stab them in the back for years. Up until now Obama hasn’t been important enough to stab in the back. I suppose now however Obama has arrived. Welcome to the real world of political success.

A lot of people are talking about which candidate is most electable. Unfortunately the Democratic party’s primary rules do not reflect the rules of the general election. In the primary votes are divided up proportionally, but in the general election it’s winner take all. In the primary the Democrats say that Florida and Michigan don’t count. But in the general election they will count. In the general election winning the big states counts. The 8 biggest states are California (55), Texas (34), New York (31), Florida (27), Pennsylvania (21), Illinois (21), Ohio (20), and Michigan (17). Of those top 8 states Clinton beat Obama in 7 of them with Obama winning only is home state of Illinois.

I think Democrats are going to make a serious mistake by taking the results of their primary with all their funny rules and expecting it to be a predictor of a candidates strengths in a contest where the Democratic party bosses get to decide who’s vote counts. If you don’t win the big states you don’t win. The super delegates need to look at the numbers from the perspective of a general election if they expect to actually win against the Republicans in November.

America has three candidates to choose from to fix our ailing economy and put us back on the right track. One has a history of turning deficits into surpluses. One has a history of turning surpluses into deficits. And the third one has no history at all. I’m supporting the one who turns deficits into surpluses. We had peace and prosperity under the Clintons and I want them back.

Clinton beat Obama by double digits even though she was outspent by over 3 to 1. He’s good at raising money. She’s good at winning elections against the odds. Seems to me that if Obama were Hillary’s fund raiser the combination would be unstoppable.

Wow! I thought Obama was the black candidate? Who thought Bill Richards was blacker?