Friday, December 14, 2007

In It To Win It

Because even I can't resist the occasional horse race post. Consider this my discussion of all of the secondary issues which don't really matter all that much relative to the important stuff.

Aside from any personal thoughts about what kind of president any of them would make (and I desperately try to not engage in "electability" arguments), I tend to root for the underdog most of the time. In this type of contest it's not quite clear who the underdog is, so that basically means rooting for someone to take down the frontrunner. Recognizing that the primary purpose of politics isn't to entertain and amuse me (something I wish more political journalists understood too), it would still make it a more interesting story. I have objections to the dynasty issue, not so much because I mind another Clinton in office, but because I think it's time to move on from the vast political-industrial machine known as the Clintonites.


But, as I said, these concerns are all pretty unimportant and I don't have especially strong opinions about who would make the better president.

Whoever does become the Democratic nominee had better plan to win the general election. If they screw it up, they will become the most hated political figure in Democratic circles for years, like Mike Dukakis only 1000x times worse. If you can't manage beat one of these clowns in the wake of Mr. 24%'s reign of error....