She has decided to borrow the George Bush campaign strategy which is totally distasteful… the dirtier the better. I’ve had it with that kind of politician.

Not really reduced… there is a long history here going back into her husband’s administration (the billing records from her law firm that were wanted for the Whitewater investigation that could never be found and, then, when it was too late, turned up to have been in the White House the whole time. Imagine that!) and even before (when HRC took a commodity tip and turned a modest investment — on the order of a $1,000, although it may have even been less — and turned it, virtually overnight, into a $100,000 profit).

Obama has his troubles, too. The Rezko trial started here in Chicago yesterday. Rezko was a key fundraiser for Illinois’ governor — but he also found time to raise money for a rising star in Illinois politics… our friend Mr. Obama. And there are other connections, too: Obama and Rezko even owned adjacent properties on the South Side, Obama buying a strip of land from Rezko to enlarge his holding. There are apparently circumstances surrounding this transaction that Chicago-based investigative reporters want more fully explored. The Obama campaign has been slow to provide answers.

As for the turban — yes, it is likely that it played a role in HRC’s Ohio victory. She was also quoted on 60 Minutes saying that Obama wasn’t a Muslim… as far as she knows. Small wonder an Obama surrogate let slip this week to a Scottish reporter that HRC was a “monster” — a comment that Sen. Obama has duly regretted.

The funny thing about the turban is that, ever since newspapers started running photographs, American candidates for President have been photographed wearing various costumes designed to appeal to this constituency or that. (I was looking for a picture of Harding in an Indian Chief’s headdress for my blog, but I couldn’t find it.) I don’t know why this photograph has been so different.

I don’t think it will hurt him long, though. Not like the photos (and videos) of Gov. Dukakis wearing a helmet and riding in a tank. It was supposed to make him look like he took national security seriously… but the effect was entirely, and unintentionally, comic.

As for Sen. McCain — yes, the intramural conflict between Obama and HRC may possibly help him because, the longer it goes on, the less likely it will be that partisans of the unhappy loser will close ranks and support the eventual victor. But, in the meantime, it will drive McCain off the front pages and TV newscasts. He’ll have to be remembered all over again by the fickle public.

And — don’t forget — McCain has had to endure receiving President Bush’s endorsement. The film of that meeting will be shown over and over, in grainy slow motion (I’m guessing), in attack ads all Fall.

You are quite right-either of them would make a great president. America needs a Democrat real bad! Or should that be really badly??

Has Andy Caulson been advising you all. Frightened are you. David Cameron has publicly backed Mc Cain forpresident. Something Tories have been trying to keep under raps. Obama or Hillary would make a great president. This fact has you allpetrified. Obama or Hillary at a Labour conference in 2008 or 2009.

You could only muster up a republican in his 70′s, older than Ming. Claim Blair to be a poodle, but the Tories are very much up the backsides ofthe Reps, and are terrified that a Dem will be the next president, hence all the negative garbage in these bloggs. .YAWN