Ah, the caucuses...lesson one: Don't Let The Other Team Take Control

A few years back I was involved in the formation of a new parent-teacher group for a new school attended by my child. VERY long story short, the school community voted for one type of group, then, at the beginning of the second session to "form" the group, the minority who lost the election began, essentially, a coup, and systematically spent months changing the outcome of the will of the majority.

Ha! And you thought that only happened in party politics! :)

So, in the end, the noisy minority got what they wanted, and the kids in the 5th grade that year (their only year at the new school) lost out on support from a parent group because, for most of the year, it didn't exist.

Okay----that's history.

CLICK HERE to go to Politico.com, who reports the Dallas Morning News has obtained a copy of "talking points" from the Clinton campaign as to, basically, "how to perform a coup" at your local caucus, to make sure Hillary wins.....NO....I'm sorry, my bad, to make sure Hillary's supporters are PROPERLY REPRESENTED.

Duh. Double duh. Might as well taken this memo straight from the "how to take over a nation" playbook.

Now, for all we know, Obama has this covered, too. But, at this moment, we don't see any evidence.

Good Lord, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE ACCEPT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE??!!??

BREAKING NEWS: Longtime Construction Foreman Sues Presidential Frontrunner for Plagiarism

Bob The Builder has filed a $34.6 trillion dollar lawsuit against the Presidential campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama over use of the phrase, "Yes We Can!"

"I am stunned and sickened that Obama would take the definitive phrase of my boss, an icon to wanna-be construction workers everywhere, and pass it off as his own," said long-time Bob The Builder team member "Dodger" at a hastily called press conference held on top of five pallets using a megaphone at a field being prepared for commercial development in the Far West End of Henrico County, Virginia.

Fellow "Bob's Top Team" member Packer was too distraught to discuss the issue and left the event early.

But Team member Scoop was more vocal. "What has Senator Obama built in Congress? What has he constructed successfully? Is he a foundation for any building blocks to America's future?" A reporter asked him if Bob came to him for any advice regarding filing the suit and if he (Scoop) would help him. Scoop replied, "No prob, Bob! And I better not hear anyone use THAT line! It's mine!!".

Moments after the press conference, a spokesperson for the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign emphatically denied being behind either the lawsuit itself or Scoop's comments.

When asked if he and his team are ready to take this plagiarism case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Bob The Builder said with a smile, "What he said! That I said first....".

There was no immediate response from the Obama campaign.

One Kennedy yes, the other....????

I think Caroline Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama in the op-ed section of Sunday's New York Times is one of the most important endorsements of any Presidential candidate in a long time. She's not a politician, does not like "fame", doesn't spend time in public.....

...so for her to write what she did, I'm standing up and taking notice.

Meanwhile, Ted Kennedy?

Not so much.......it was funny to see Obama and Kennedy talking and smiling during the President's entry tonight for the SOTU address.

Then, even funnier a few minutes later, was the camera shot of Hillary Clinton, who, if looks could kill, we'd all be dead.

P.S.----Didn't watch much of Bush's speech; he's a lame duck. He could ask for everything and know it can't happen but he looks good.

Obama theory......

Go back in American history and you will find only a handful of Presidential elections; indeed only a handful of Presidential candidates, who are able to create two pieces of critical energy:

1) Attracting the new generation of voters into actively being a part of the political process....

2) Creating a coalition not pigeon-holed into the most populous or powerful wing of either major political party.

Think for a moment as I opine (simply my two cents' worth here):

1960: Kennedy v. Nixon. The 1950s are looked back upon as THE decade of growth and change in American life. The baby-boomer factory was in full swing, lookalike houses sprouted up in new "subdivisions" in new "suburbs". Middle America could now look forward to such heretofore thought-of luxuries as indoor plumbing, refrigeration, and television being in their homes.

So, after eight years of the Eisenhower administration, why did the country (though by a razor-thin margain) decide on the "unproven" Senator from the rich family in Massachusetts rather than the sure deal, the sitting Vice President?

After all, if you heard their debate on radio, it was clear that Nixon came across as better qualified to be our leader; experienced and a statesman.

But hold up....those who watched the debate on that new TV set thought Kennedy won. Ideas notwithstanding, the bottom line was, Nixon sounded better, Kennedy looked better.

So, a new generation arrives in Washington along with a new decade.

1980: RONALD REAGAN. This seed change had nothing to do with the election against sitting President Carter. This was about the conservative revolution coming of age with its best possible spokesman at the helm. Americans were tired, belittled, and were beginning to believe there was no hope. Inflation, gas shortages, and that pest of a nation Iran holding our people hostage.

Along comes a man with a vision to restore hope to Americans and America's rightful place in the world as the leader for freedom. There were plenty of disagreements over policy, bills, and the like. At day's end, though, the American people heard hope, voted for hope, and saw Washington respond in kind. Certainly better than they have been in the past 20 years.

WHICH BRINGS US TO.......

Barack Obama. He's the next "one", no question. Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bush 41, Bill Clinton, Bush 43, George McGovern, Jesse Jackson, Scoop Jackson, Mo Udall, Walter Mondale, Mario Cuomo, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, John Kerry, Gerald Ford......ANY of these capable speakers......put them behind the podium with the same speech that Obama gave tonight, and few if any go "gah-gah" over "change".

Obama has "it".

If the Democratic Party fails to nominate Barack Obama, the party endangers itself of becoming even more irrelevant in the next 20 years than it has been in the past 30.

Think about it:

----Record primary turnouts
----Obama captures Iowa, which is about as white as America gets
----He crushes his opponents in South Carolina
----He brings out new, young, fresh faces to the polls and to volunteer positions.
----He's got independents, young Republicans, even conservative Republicans taking note of him....very seriously.

Unless some gaffe of major proportions comes from his campaign, he's a lock for the White House.

BUT:

If Hillary and the "Establishment" win the nomination, do you think her "fiery speeches of hope and change" win excite the new? The disenfranchised? The independents? Republicans of any age?

Hillary gets nominated, and already 45% of the electorate is against her.

Obama equals coalition. Hillary equals turn-off. If the DNC doesn't see this, they are the stupidest group of politicians in the history of the United States.

Oh, and all the people whose cry for change will have gone unheard? If the Republicans can find an "Obama" in 2012......you get the idea.

Conservative Republican Ronald Reagan built a coalition that changed America. Another Republican could do the same in 2012 if the Democrats fumble this political football, and the GOP is wise enough to pick it up, and lucky enough to have "the" man or woman to lead the charge.

Because the people 18-39 will be heard from politically. The question is, whose smart enough to listen.