A recent piece in The New York Times revealed Team Hillary's "endgame" plans to seal the nomination by any means necessary, a byzantine plot out of a John LeCarre novel. By implementing this scheme, they may well be handing the presidency to the Republicans.
I'm not a big fan of Barack Obama--at this point, I don't think I'd believe a word uttered by anybody affiliated with the Democratic party--but he at least appears to offer a viable alternative. Clinton is more of the same, a professional insider, somebody who assumes the presidency is her birthright. Kinda like the guy we've got now.
So, God knows, is John McCain. He's all about continuing the U.S. presence in Iraq, continuing to run up massive debt while cutting taxes. The differences between McCain and Bush are so slight as to have no meaning...but for some reason, when he hauls out the straight-talkin' maverick shtick, people buy it every time.
If he turns on the twinkly, avuncular warmth and presents himself as the common-sense alternative to that cold, castrating bitch, how many moderates of both parties will fall for it? Clinton would be unable to respond without appearing to attack a kindly old man, and another Democratic nominee would go down in flames. That's the real endgame.
