I'm A Believer

I want to start out by saying I am, for the most part, a Clinton supporter. If the election was held today between McCain, Clinton and Obama I would vote for Hillary. I have to admit that I would not be upset with any of the three as the winner, unless they choose a stupid running mate (Romney, Huckabee, etc.).

Why Hillary? I like a populist. I think that a President should represent the people and not assume that they were elected because everyone agrees with everything they believe in (ie. Bush). I also think that Hillary is the most likely to compromise when needed to get something done. I thought this about McCain, but his pandering to the right has made me doubt this. Barack seems the least likely to since his message seems to say he will work with everyone as long as they see it his way. I think Barack would make a good President, but I see him as a conceited person who thinks he is smarter then those around him. From his response to little things like Hillary's suggestions that he could be her running mate if she was the Democratic candidate.

Enough with the background and on to the meat. I want to talk about the "race" speech by Barack. I don't want to go into the speech itself too much. I just want to make a prediction. By the time of the Presidential election, the speech will be a positive. On the news channels they keep saying it was a great speech but politically unwise. I think that once people sit back and get over the shock of a frank speech about race they will appreciate the courage needed to make that speech at the time he made it. Don't get me wrong, I think that the comments by Barack's wife and his pastor have hurt him, and maybe to a point that can not be recovered from, but his race speech helped. Even if Barack does not become the next President, he has already done something good for this country.