Well, yeah, GG, I couldn't agree with you more about Billl Clinton... He was a "pure" Repub... The old kind of Nixon Repub...

And, yeah, I guess that what I like about Obama is that he is likable...The other two aren't remotely likable... And Obama does ooze hope... Those two qualities ain't bad...

No matter who is elected the problems are the same... And I'm not all that convinced that there exists a large menu of solutions from which to choose... But hard choices must be made and I don't see McClinton as being able to pull them off because she is too polorizing... I half see McWar being able to pull them off but his main problem is that he is too stubborn on the war and Bush's tax cuts to the wealthy so I see him allowinmg things to deteriorate to a point where many of the solutions on the menu may no longer be viable...

I guess this is where Obam fits... He is likable, bipartisan and has this hope that he exudes that gives him the best shot to ***sell*** some hard choices...

Let's see how he get's thru today... If he does well then I think he will have shown what many of us who are supporting him feel about his abilities to lead...

B~