[sailaway21]

Interesting that some would describe the Republican field as "weak". A simple head to head comparison of resumes would show a wealth of experience, much of it executive, displayed by the frontrunners in the Republican primaries versus a combined twelve yearsm of ANY experience between the two leading Democrats.

Does anyone really think that being the First Lady and a term and one half as NYS senator or two thirds of a term as Illinois senator are what we otherwise might call experience?

The Republicans have canidates dropping out who have run the executive of entire states while, the leading Dems have run not so much as a convenience store. While not a Guiliani supporter, I find it difficult to believe that most Americans would not prefer the man who turned NY city around and, for good measure, stood tall during the crisis of 9/11, to a man they'd never heard of four years ago or a demonstrably half-ass attorney.

I don't mind a small wager, now and then. I'm willing to wager that, on January the 20th, 2009 there will not be a sitting Senator talking the oath of office as President. My guiding principle is to never bet against the streak. And there has not been a sitting Senator elected President in almost fifty years, and it was nearly as long before that that one was elected. Apparently, Senators view themselves as much more electable than do the American voter. Americans really like governors; you could look it up.

There are only three serious canidates, with currently sufficient name recognition, to be elected president; they all happen to be Republican. The only minimally qualified Democrats are stuck at the "who's that?" level of support.

It's too early to win an election, but late enough to lose one. I expect a rather boring winter, with a few wrecks on the highway, followed by a raucous new year. I predict a strong push by a third Democrat canidate come the primaries, whom I don't know. But, if a certain Senator from Conneticut were to enter the race I think he'd receive a surprisingly warm welcome. Just a thought.