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POLITICS OF CHANGE BURIES POLITICS OF EXPERIENCE IN IOWA
In Iowa, sixty-eight percent of the participants in the Democratic Caucus voted for a candidate running on a theme of change. Only 32 percent voted for candidates claiming they were the 'experienced' candidates. As such, Hillary is politically dead if not buried: Allen L Roland
The Obama movement of change is burying the Clinton movement of experience in New Hampshire as witnessed by the New Hampshire Democratic Party 100 Club Dinner Friday night in Milford, N.H., where rival Barack Obama electrified the crowd. Major Garrett, FOXnews.com, describes the scene ~ " On this night, the speeches mattered less than the moment. And at an event filled with party die-hards supposedly devoted body and soul to Hillary and the Clinton cause, the Obama demonstration generated more body and more soul and rolled over the Clinton operation like a tractor tire over an anthill. And that is why I believe we are witnessing the birth of a movement that may be on the verge of defeating an operation. That would be rare enough on its own. But this particular contest is of generational importance because the Clinton operation is the most formidable modern American politics has ever seen and it would take quite a movement to knock it down. And in Milford, on Clinton’s best turf, it did."
Latest Poll ~ Hillary eats Obama's dust ~ trails by 10 points in New Hampshire
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59553
The only chemistry left between Bill and Hillary Clinton is the chemistry of power and I predict that will also end when the Clinton operation grinds to a halt in New Hampshire ~ the victim of the politics and movement of change versus the status quo.
However, I still believe John Edwards is the most electable Democrat and an Edwards/Obama ticket would electrify both Democrats and Independents.
New York Times OP-ED columnist Paul Krugman sums up my feelings precisely ~ " The Democrats in general make far more sense. But among at least some of Barack Obama’s supporters there seems to be a belief that if their candidate is elected, the world’s problems will melt away in the face of his multicultural charisma. A lot of Americans, when they think about the next president’s foreign-policy qualifications, seem to be looking for a hero ~ someone who will stand tall against terrorists, or transform the world with his optimism. But what they should be looking for is something more prosaic ~ a good negotiator, someone who can bargain effectively with some very tough customers and get the deals we need on energy, currency policy and carbon credits." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/opinion/04krugman.html?_r=1&;hp&oref=slogin | 
