Clinton/Obama sounds great as a primary ticket, but it wouldn't work in the general election. We haven't heard a great deal about the "are we ready for a woman president" issue yet. But its out there. Voters in the Democratic primaries don't see it as an issue, but you better believe in the general election it will be on other minds. My brother in law needed some minor surgery last year. When his mother was told (his parents live in a southern state) she was not upset by the operation, but she was horrified that the surgeon was...a woman! Its out there. A ticket with a woman and an African American would be a nearly impossible sell in certain sectors.

Bill Richardson is a definite possiblity. He's got great experience, he'd appeal to the latino voters and alot of people with racial hangups don't realize he is latino. But I'm still leaning towards Clark. The Republican nominee will be running on "All Terror, All the Time." Clark could diffuse that. He's well liked, articulate, intelligent, reasonable, and military. The Republicans would be sending screeching chickenhawks up against a respected general. Besides, Clark is a Clinton guy.

Sooner or later this will all catch up with her. She's gotten an awefull lot of mileage out of mearly being Hillary Clinton. As other candidates continually take strong stands and show leadership in these issues Clinton's star can start to fade quickly if she keeps dodging and weaving and saying basically nothing.

The domestic spying bill, Iran, and now the Mukasey nomination. There are some very illuminating issues that will certainly be addressed in tonight's debate. If Clinton holds true to form and spouts a whole lot of meaningless double talk (with fingers crossed behind her back) she could be damaged especially when so many of the others are far more strident on these issues.

Let's face it, Condi's political career is over once her term as Secretary of State under the Worst President in History is over. She's too old to join the Ice Capades. She should resign immediately, and join the cast of Cane as the evil bitch Lacuna. She'd be a star and CBS is desperate to salvage the show.

Immunity or not, how do you prosecute employees from a firm with their own tanks, helocopters, weapons and soldiers? At what point, if not already, does the Prince begin to dictate his own terms?

In the 80's I had a makeup kit the size of a tackle box.

EVERYONE knows, lacuna was Racquel Welche's name in 1 Million Years, BC.

...not just the President of the Troops. His disregard of the American people and the well being of the nation is astounding. There is more to America than "the troops." Troops he sent into a hell of his own foolish making.

What I find completely demoralizing and disturbing is a poll result I read about today. It sounds like now an awefull lot of the nation believes a military attack on Iran is neccessary. Their constant drumbeat apparently is working...again.

"Pollster John Zogby

A majority of likely voters--52%--would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows...."

...the Democratic primary would be be a neck-in-neck horserace between John Edwards, Chris Dodd (who won that debate in my opinion), Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. I heard concrete ideas from people with the experience to justify their positions.

Barak Obama is in hopelessly over his head. I found it painfull to watch him. Hillary clinton could not give a straight answer to save her life. She came across as calculating and dishonest from start to finish. Everyone is talking about the final ten minutes. Personally, I found her "elastic" justification for her Iran vote to be frightening and her tap dance around her husband's sealing of his presidential document (covering his communication with her) painted her with dishonesty.

I wish the media would focus it attention on those candidates that actually could make a difference instead of the two who's main qualification seems to be raising money from wealthy interests.

Chris Dodd and Joe Biden. Its a shame the media has decided they're not an ounce of attention. A Dodd/Biden administration would go a long way to correcting the course of the country.

Barak Obama has no business running for President (high school class president, perhaps). He was timid and akward. His answers were largely meaningless. He's in way over his head.

Hillary Clinton. That was a disaster for her. If anyone thinks she performed well it is simply because of the old "any attention is good attention" thing. It was impossible for her to give one single straight answer on anything. The justification of her vote on Kyl/Lieberman was terrifying. It should either a dishonesty of horrifying proportions or a cluelessness of equally horrifying proportions. Most probably it was just a souless calculation to move from point A to point B.

All that being said, any of the people on that stage would be light years ahead of any of the freaks the Republicans are serving up. It was refreshing to watch a debate where the candidates were actually asked about real issues instead of being bogged down with the "values" and religious foolishness that manopolizes much of the Republican's debates.

Chris Dodd was the clear winner in my mind. He'll get my vote, and a contribution today.