John McCain in New Orleans

CNN (http://www.cnn.com) and other news outlets reported on the John McCain Visit to New Orleans this past week. During that tour of the lower ninth ward in New Orleans, Senator McCain noted that he would have landed Air Force One at the nearest Air Force Base and gone right to work. Yet, a funny thing happend. DemocracyNow's Friday edition (http://www.democracynow.org) reported that while Katrina had landed, President Bush and Senator McCain were together at the President's Crawford, Texas Ranch. The President had apparently presented Senator McCain a cake for the Senator's 69th Birthday. They hypcrocacy of it all just blows me away. I have noted before that Senator McCain's service to the country is not in question--and should never be questioned. What I have noted (and at least both Democractic Candidates seem to agree) is that we will have Bush III if Senator McCain wins. That worries me greatly. There lies the challenge.

:-)

Mike

The Democratic Nominee For President

Today, Barrack Obama won Missisisipi. Why is that critical? For one thing, it is because as Senator Obama puts it, "...it is another win in our column". Although I am a clintonista, I think Senator Clinton ought to start thinking about how she's going to be the unifier. The Democratic Party needs to begin the unification process now or else John McCain will drive a Mac Truck through the opening. There is nothing wrong with being graceful. She has carved herself out a very powerful position in the Senate with her work over the last seven years. Give Barrack Obama the chance to begin the process of building a team for the general election. I think this is even more so now, in light of the story I just read in CNN noting that Barrack Obama has won the Caucus in Texas and will end up with more delegates.

Although it is not over yet, I think the party elders need to step up and bring this process to closure. My party, the Democratic Party, is better for it simply because the Democratic Base is motivated and wants to win. We have to begin to come together now...for the sake of our country's future.