Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You the Next President of the U.S.....

Sen. John McCain.  Yes, Whether you are Democrat, Republican or totally unaffiliated with the system, it should be apparent by now that Sen. McCain will be elected the next President in November.  The Democratic Party has totally blown their opportunity to finally take control of the government and begin instituting the changes they have trumpeted for years.

It began with the lack of preparation for the coming elections.  The party stood still and did not develop a legitimate candidate for the last fours years even though they knew their chance was coming.  Why not?  The 2004 election was a throw away, but this one was wrapped up in a pretty bow and handed to the Dems by the ridiculously incompetent Bush administration. All the Dems had to do was develop a viable candidate.  They didn't.  Instead we have the retread (Edwards), the civil rights movement (Obama), and the ERA (Clinton).  I'm all for civil rights and the ERA, but NOT NOW!!!  Either one of these would make a fine running mate for a legitimate candidate, but why throw the election away to run them now?

Obama represents the more traditional liberal views of the party and Clinton the more moderate positions.  Unfortunately, given that McClain represents a more moderate Republican party position, he will crush whoever the Dems put up against him.  And there is nothing the Dems can do about it now.

I'm sorry, but the voting population won't elect Obama, and yes, it's because he's black.  Being more liberal than the average voter won't help either.  The same goes for Clinton.  She could probably get beyond being a female if she ran a better campaign, kept Bill under control, and fine tuned her positions so that she could deal with McCain heads up.  But her baggage of being female and Bill, will keep enough voters from electing her that McCain will cruise into the office.  And on top of that, Obama and Clinton can't team up as running mates because that would double the baggage and torpedo the election. 

And Ted Kennedy couldn't be happier if you gave him a keg of Sam Adams' brew.  You see, he deliberately divided the party and killed any chance of the Dems pulling together and going after the oval office.  When he saw that Hillary was starting to look like a shoo-in for the nomination, he through his endorsement to Obama.  Why not?  Obama is the more liberal candidate and the closest to representing Teddy's position on matters, so why not?  But that's not why Kennedy chose to endorse Obama, nor why he chose just before Super Tuesday to announce it.  He could have waited for the party to choose and the people to vote, but he wanted to tank Hillary's chance on Super Tuesday.  Why?  Because he would rather be the top dog in the losing party than concede power to a fellow party member.  He knows Obama isn't electable, but he couldn't take the chance that Hillary might be nominated, he would rather work with McClain, possibly cut some deals.

So we will go into the election in Novemeber and the hard core Republicans will vote for McCain because he is a Republican.  The moderate Republicans will vote for him because he is their candidate all the way.  And the hard core liberals will vote for whichever Democrat the party nominates.  But the more moderate Democrats will split their vote between the party candidate and McCain, some will vote for McCain because he is a moderate, some will vote because he is male, some will vote because he is white.  And because of those swing votes, McCain will be elected in November despite his baggage, which is that he is older and he is associated with the existing Bush administration that has created war, eliminate citizen rights and totally tanked the economy.  But I think McCain will convince the voters he wasn't responsible for any of that and win the election.  And because the economy will recover on its own, he will be re-elected four years later unless his health suffers.