Obama: Who the Hell is this Guy?

Last night's results changed the dynamic of the race. Before WI and HI, many observers of the race deemed Obama a slight front runner, but with hesitancy. Ask anyone watching this from the third base line, particularly conservatives, and they would say Obama is the favorite, but with the one caviatt that you can never count Hillary out. I was one them that thought, if you put a gun to my head, that Hillary would still be able to pull this thing out.

Last night changed that. A 17 point rout in WI, one of the bluest of blue collar states, proved that Obama will more likely than not win this thing. And all signs are pointing to Texas on March 4th as the firewall. The CNN poll taken before WI showed it an essential tie in TX. He might very well be ahead now in the Lone Star state.

The stakes of the game for Hillary seem to be as follows: If she wins TX and OH on March 4th, she can still justify staying in the race. She would then have to win PA to have a shot at being the nominee. And by win, I mean convincingly. If she loses TX, even by a few points, and squeaks out a victory in OH, you will start hearing calls for to step aside. She probably won't listen to those calls (shocker). If she loses TX and OH, she's done. She'll have to go. No way she can survive.

So, if Obama is the nominee, then can someone please find out who the hell this guy is??!! A community organizer with three years experience as a Senator!? He seems like a fine man, with a lovely family, but President of the United States? The Democrat primary has proven that people value an idea of change or experience (though I laugh that a one-term Senator and former first lady is the experience candidate). But please, this guy looks like and is a lightweight when compared to McCain. Half of a term in the US Senate gives one essentially ZERO experience to be President. Compare that with McCain's 25 years in Government, and his military record. I hope, for the sake of sanity, that the general electorate snaps out of this "Change yes we can" daze and starts to get serious about who can actually BE President.

A candidates with great oratorical skills, and with little or no national experience is fine. A candidate with great oratorical skills, little or national experience, AND the ability to convince large segments of the electorate to turn their brains OFF and vote their hearts scares the hell out of me. I get nervous when large segments of the electorate so willingly cast away any sense of critical thinking and vote for someone they barely know because of how he makes them "feel." I do hope at some point in this general election voters will, for lack of a better phrase, "grow up."