The Barak Bandwagon

Borak Obama has hinted rather strongly that he will run in 2008 and the press have their first true superstar for the coming election. Hillary Clinton, Rudy Guiliani and John McCain are old hands these days and the media clearly wants to write about someone new, refreshing, (clearly) inspirational and more than a little unknown.

For all of his strengths, Obama has a damned light resume. The media sniffed at then-Gov. George W. Bush's light record but he looks like Winston Churchill next to Obama. The Illinois Congressman couldn't win his congressional seat and he won his senate seat thanks to an 'independent ' investigation into his opponent's bitter divorce. Fast forward and he found himself running against Alan Keyes. Come on, people.

But Obama, despite the funny name and the feather-lite resume, is damned attractive. He represents hope and unlike Bill Clinton, his sunny optimism doesn't have the very real and depressing taint of scumbagginess. Clinton was a rogue, and even if Obama has a mild bimbo problem, it won't be as destructuve as the days of Bubba.

Hillary, stay in the Senate. Trust me.