Obama Love Fest

For anyone who hasn't seen this elsewhere I thought I'd post this here:

Obama on Hip Hop. Man, I really like this candidate. He really strikes me as "with it", insightful, and genuine. He' also on the cover on the current Rolling Stone, where he receives their endorsement.

Here's an old piece from Andrew Sullivan (12/07) on the potential rebranding opportunity an Obama presidency might provide.

Conversely, Mickey Kaus is trashing Obama on his site, for anyone who is interested. I typically think Mr. Kaus' stuff is pretty good, but I'm beginning to tire of his habit of always destroying the best candidate, and hence setting the stage for something far worse.

Hillary Go Please Go Away

Here are my top however 5 reasons why people should not vote for Hillary Clinton for president.

1. If she wins the White House that'll be approximately two decades of the same two families running our country. Can't we get somebody else in a nation of 300 million people?

2. The Clinton-haters will come out the woodwork and ensure 4 more years of partisan mutually-assured destruction.

3. It'll put Bill Clinton back in quasi-control of the White House in a near violation of the 22(?) ammendment.

4. She'll mobilize and embolden the right wing.

5. She grates