Well,

the best way to solve the mess is for both of the candidates to step aside and let somebody else be the nominee.

Short of that, this is and will be a disaster.

Here is More

about our divided Democratic Party, which NEVER should have happened in the first place:





The party hacks had no business whatsoever in pushing Hillary Clinton to run given her electability problems. They had no business putting forward Obama in an attempt to get rid of John Edwards.

The party needs to be completely rid of the hacks, who are so much in a bubble they have NO understanding of what it takes to win.

You Know,

the GOP's attempt to divide the Democrats is working like a Tiffany watch. Now we have a mess on our hands, and the only way to resolve this and even have a shot at the general election is to demand both Obama and Clinton withdraw if not now then at the convention.

This is 1972 all over again.

Olbermann's despicable comments of last night were merely the result of receiving marching orders from his employer, General Electric, in a further attempt to divide the Democrats.

Obama's supporters by and large are stupid and are too young to fully understand the history of political dirty tricks. But dirty tricks they are, although this time, unlike 1972, they are fully legal and aided and abetted by the GOP-leaning media.

We are SO, SO screwed.

Naturally

the WSWS believes the Democratic candidates are being pushed the the right.

Campaign Notes.

Samantha, don't let the door hit you on the backside.
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Well, it's politics, and of course things are going to get very, very ugly.

More about campaign ugliness, which hasn't really happened yet:


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The Clinton campaign is off the hook regarding the NAFTA flap.
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Campaign Notes.

Now the media are pushing the Clinton/Obama tie in their efforts to make Democrats become stupid enough as to select a candidate who can't win.

Both sisters of mine have noticed the media's attempt to control the election on the Democratic side, and they are pissed. It's very hard NOT to notice it, granted, but the idea a wife of a former president or a black man with a Muslim-sounding name with little national experience could actually get elected in this country is absurd on its face.

Yet people are falling for this crap.

Meanwhile, despite the likelihood of not winning Iowa, Hillary Clinton is not taking any questions and screwing up her remote chances even more.

The Nation

has a few words about the three Democratic "frontrunners," but I don't see any endorsement yet.

I Agree

with this poster's assessment of the Democratic race:

2. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Republicans up and down the field and in the media attack Hillary Clinton at least once in every sentence they speak or write. It's almost funny to watch them go through semantic contortions to try to obey this "guideline" whatever the topic might be that they are trying to address. A lot of people think that this is because they presume that Hillary will be our nominee and they're just getting their licks in early.

I am no fan of Hillary Clinton, but for the opposite reason that the Republicans try to claim as the justification for their hatred, that she's a "liberal." She may be the LEAST liberal among our candidates. Although I shall certainly support her enthusiastically if she becomes our nominee, I find her to be far too much of a corporate feudalist -- nearly a Republican in that regard. It was her adherence to conservative, corporatist ideals that caused her health plan to fail as she thrashed around to find some way to preserve the insurance industry's cut of the health care money pie, and this cost health care reform its political support. But..

I believe that Republicans are so over-the-top in their bashing of Hillary chiefly because they prefer, GREATLY prefer, to face Barack Obama next November. They know that Hillary has some advantages that will make their row a lot tougher to hoe. But for the purposes of their slander machine, Barack Obama is the proverbial fish in a barrel. His race will ensure that Democrats will win no state between the Potomac and the Mississippi, or Texas either. He will lose us our chances in Ohio, in Indiana, and possibly even in Pennsylvania. His name's Arabic origins will be used to point out the fact that the Democrats are running someone whose heritage lies among the very people who brought down the World Trade Center and who our courageous soldiers are fighting against and dying by the thousands, our brave troops who are the subject of all those ribbons that people stick on their trunklids to mitigate their media-induced guilt for not doing more to "Support the Troops."

I believe, sadly, that there is no possible way that Barack Obama can defeat his Republican opponent next November (and I don't think that the odds are very good for Hillary, either). Obama is the candidate the Republicans would have designed from scratch if they could construct their ideal opponent.

Why oh why can't we nominate someone like Joe Biden? He'd mop the floor with their sorry butts. Sure, he has flaws, but he's REAL smart, REAL feisty and blunt about Republican predations and, except where credit cards are concerned, he's nice and liberal otherwise and has a long history as a real good guy on the right side of very nearly every issue. And in addition, he has the best plan for getting out of Iraq.

Whether Barack Obama is aware of it or not, he's a ringer for the Republicans.

As Far As I'm Concerned,

Democratic candidates had better watch their step with regard to the immigration issue.

In truth there is VERY little support out there in favor of illegal immigration, so Democrats just need to emphasize LEGAL immigration so as not to offend certain segments of the Hispanic population.

The reason for all of the illegal immigration is that employers want to drive down wages for jobs that can't be outsourced to other countries.

Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton SO screwed up on the drivers license question at the last debate, she basically took herself out of any chance of winning the White House, which wasn't going to happen anyway.

By trying to avoid answering the question directly by pandering to Hispanics, independents, and Republicans with her non-answers, she pleased NOBODY and provided opponents with ammo to shoot her down with.

Campaign Notes.

Because there was no spin good enough to get around the fact Hillary Clinton did poorly on Tuesday night's debate, her backers are trying to undo the damage.

Unfortunately, it is going to get worse for her as the caucuses and primaries get closer. She hasn't done that well in recent debates; I believe the rigors of campaigning have taken their toll.

Anyway, I have made it very clear this election is too important to nominate someone who many, many voters will not vote for, no matter who the GOP opponent is.
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John Edwards has his first major Iowa television ad out.
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I agree with the belief Democrats need to embrace the legacy of FDR.
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