the rix mix

Someone asked me today if I would vote for Hillary Clinton for President. Without thinking, I replied, "I'd have to think about it." She asked why. Then I had to think about it. "If Hillary is nominated, it means the Democrats haven't learned from Kerry or been frightened enough by Bush. Hillary certainly hasn't figured it out. If she really cared, she'd be standing with Feingold & Murtha now instead deluding herself into believing she can be in the center & carry the same states her husband won in 1996. How can she even be sure where the center is?" Kerry won Wisconsin, & barely, on Feingold's coattails. I'm not even convinced Hillary can carry Jersey. Democrats need to be thinking about who can carry Bill Clinton's states. Because the two party system is over in the United States at the national level if the Repugs win the next one. The Constitution becomes a museum exhibit. The nation's in a crisis & where's Hillary Clinton? What the hell is she doing about it? Dems have to be able offset all the cheating, fraud, & swift-boating we know will happen in '08. God knows what Bush's people will do between now & then. Start looking at governors. They've gone 7 for 9 since 1976.