With the votes being counted in New Hampshire as this goes to press, so to speak, Hillary leads by 4 percentage points in the Democratic primary. This was right after her emotional response to a questioner at a campaign forum last night, after losing the Iowa caucus to Barack Obama and after polls in NH showed Obama with a sizeable lead. Critics pounced on her for being an insincere, blubbering phony who got in over her head once again.  In retrospect, it wasn't that bad. She was sad, to be sure, but still dignified. She did not lash out at Obama or her critics. Sadness and tears are part of the life experience, and we all have them every now and then. This was the voice of someone who has put their heart and soul into something (and say what you want about Hillary, but she HAS put her heart and soul into this thing), and it does not necessarily disqualify them from holding the most powerful job on earth.

            I mean, she could have pulled a Dennis Green and said, " OK, YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OBAMA? HE WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS!!! OK!!! YOU WANT TO CROWN HIS ASS, THEN CROWN HIS ASS!!
HE WAS WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS!! I LET HIM OFF THE HOOK!!!"  Hey, she showed more composure than an NFL
coach who will probably end up making more money than her.  Give credit where it's due.


            On the Republican side, John McCain looks like the winner, with Mitt Romney a distant second. Looks like my man Ron Paul will be lucky to finish 4th. Too bad. He's my favorite candidate in either party. But here he is, having been in the race for about a year and having raised 20 million in the 4th quarter of 2007, leading all the informal polls, and he can't even beat Mike Huckabee, who just joined the race five minutes ago.  Still, even if he loses, he will win the future. His message of peace and freedom is coming on strong, even if it's not here yet.  At least that's what I keep telling myself.

            
            By the way, whatever happened to Rudy Guiliani?  What's he been up to lately?


            

 

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