Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

The recent win in Texas and Ohio by Hillary is kinda spooky.  Those damn Texans and Ohio gimps screwed us over again!  But seriously, this primary has been one unbelievably competitive battle on the Democrats side.  It's a good sign though because it means that the issues are real and people care about the next president.  In short, it's a "real" democratic election rather than the standard Democrat vs Republican elections that end up happening every time.

My only sorrow is that Obama and Hillary have been clawing at each other rather than focusing on issues.  McCain has been intelligent from what I've read in praising his opponents.  You really need tact in my book to win over the populace.  Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock are so late 90's in terms of the interview style.  People in the US need the spiritual, mental and emotional healing of a president who's going to be able to execute doing a few major improvements to make the US a real world leader again.

Either way, I honestly hope that if Obama or Hillary loses, they will support each other as the vice president, similar to what Edwards did for Kerry in the 2004 elections.  Although in the end that didn't help much, I think the move made a lot of sense in consolidating the best known candidates in an attempt to overthrow the Bush empire.  In 2008, with so many people seemingly being passionate about both Obama and Clinton, I think it would an incredibly dramatic, emotional and powerful setting for them to go hand-in-hand against McCain.

In the meantime, I hope both Hillary and Obama put away their shotguns and start focusing internally on their platforms so that they can beat the already focused McCain.