I've been trying to follow the campaigns of a few of the Republican candidates for President, and I've mentioned Fred Thompson and Mitt Romeney a couple of times. But I realized today that I haven't really taken any time yet to irresponsibly trash and browbeat the Democrats. I must remedy that.

There are only three Democrats worth mentioning at all, of course... and here's my take on all three of them:

• John Edwards, for some reason, is still campaigning. I suppose his campaign feels bolstered when he gets endorsements like the one from Rolling Stone magazine, touting him as the "real liberal" in the race. What's surprising to me is that Edwards and his supporters don't seem to realize that the reason his campaign isn't going anywhere is because American's realize that he is a real liberal. Didn't anyone pay attention to the way things shook out in November, 2004? The liberal votes are on the two coasts and in the big cities, and they aren't enough to win an election. Edwards is beating a dead horse, and beating it hypocritically. It's hard to swallow a campaign based on "two Americas," with Edwards claiming that he's working for the poor guy while parading around in a $400 haircut and living in a 28,000 square foot mansion.



• Boy, who wouldn't Hillary Clinton kill to be as slick as Barack Obama? This guy is the real Clinton in the race. He's the total package, rolling up all of Bill Clinton's charm, popularity, bad ideas and posturing into one neat ball. Obama has nothing more to offer than the same old leftist agenda, but his campaign presents it in a much more attractive wrapper, and he's definitely the Hollywood candidate. But lately, the most interesting thing about his campaign is his feud with Hillary. Of course, the clear winner in the feud will be the Republican candidate in '08, as both Hillary and Obama are so desperate to one-up each other that whichever one carries the day will have left plenty of great sound bytes to be used against them. In the meantime, some of Obama's political red meat has had real-world effects. His promise to invade Pakistan if he thinks it's necessary has lead to violent anti-America protesting in Pakastan. You hadn't heard about that? Of course not. After all, the MSM's policy is that only George W. Bush is capable of the kind of divisive "cowboy attitude" that turns the world agaist the US, right?



• I'd almost feel bad for Hillary Clinton if it weren't obvious that she is evil incarnate. Honestly, I can't remember the last time a major American politician chased her own tail as badly as Hillary has been doing. Even John Kerry didn't look as desperate, as transparent and as plainly unqualified as Hillary does now. For one thing, she's absolutely terrified of Obama, and their feud has exposed her for a shrill, hateful harpy. And Hillary doesn't play both sides of a political issue nearly as well as her husband used to. Her remarks about how the troop surge in Iraq is working but it won't help has just about everyone scratching their heads. And while Obama attracts celebrity endorsements from the likes of Oprah and Jennifer Aniston, Hillary's been attracting the affection of people like "the Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss the conflicted, confused Anne Rice. My question is, how long until Chelsea and Bill endorse Obama? At this point, the best thing that could happen for the GOP would be for the Democrats to actually run Hillary. Remember when the National Review begged the Democrats to run Howard Dean in '04? It's getting that way with the Junior Senator from New York. Please throw us that easy meat.

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