Pro-Hillary outrage

I get the impression that Team Hillary is growing impatient.

The tone has become increasingly strident: That pesky Obama fellow just will-not-get-out of the way.

Obama supporters are blasted for being worshippers in a cult of personality, or worse. Oddly echoing the Right-wing noise machine, news outlets are taken to task for pro-Obama or anti-Hillary spin.

Part of the "problem" is that Obama is an unusually telegenic candidate. It's easy for the news outlets to paint a rosy picture of his campaign because the guy just looks and sounds terrific on camera. But..there's much more.

Mitt Romney has the same qualities and it didn't work out so well for him. Obama has energized legions of voters who had given up on the system and brought in a horde of young voters who feel they can identify with him. Can most of them describe Obama's positions on energy, foreign policy, or the economy? Probably not. Does this then mean they should be disenfranchised or that their support should be devalued?

In 2000 and 2004 Democrats ran two strong candidates who had clearly thought out positions on all the issues of the day. In both cases they lost to a candidate they should have beaten like a drum. Maybe we should give the voters a choice they can connect with on an emotional level.

I've looked at the Obama website and frankly there's not that much difference between the America he envisions and that of Clinton or John Edwards.

I think Obama will be a more effective leader, will be able to accomplish more--yes, on Day One--and will be a much stronger candidate down-ticket than Hillary.

The Republicans know this. She is the one they want to run against. They NEED her on the ticket to motivate their voters.