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We Want Obama – for the Supreme Court Anything is better than this. After living through the continuing agony of the Democratic primary race, I have come to the conclusion that we may have been better off utilizing the old boss system to select candidates. The return of Tammany Hall to Democratic politics wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Those were the good old days – days of smoke-filled rooms and back room deals; days of patronage and the engineering of elections. Barack Obama’s once too cozy relationship with corrupt real estate mover and political operative Tony Rezko, and Hillary Clinton’s questionable ties to Asian and Saudi financial interests demonstrate that the ethics of boss Tweed are still alive in one form or another anyway. Why not make it official? The Democratic Party simply needs to come up with an alternative to Obama and Clinton whose well-managed hit-man campaigns have unfortunately turned them both into clowns. The fact that a majority of the country will not be able

Of Risks and Consequences Perhaps somebody read my last blog. When I called for party elders to put a stop to the carnage occurring in the Democratic primaries by appealing to Al Gore to consider having his name placed on the ballot, it was because the “should have been president of the United States” seemed to represent the most logical resolution to the jeopardy posed by the Democratic bloodletting. Yet, how realistic is it to appeal to rational thought in an unusual election governed by the raw emotions of race and gender? The mindless egotism of identity politics is reflected in the reports that 28-30% of Obama and Clinton supporters say that they would vote for John McCain if their preferred candidate was not chosen. In the current climate, rational thought has clearly taken a sabbatical. Even if a small percentage of those who backed the primary loser decide to stay home on election day out of spite, the result could tip the scales in McCain’s favor if the race is close. The med