On Obama visit adds heat to hot news season

Posted on February 18 at 7:20 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Obama is here in Wisconsin a heckuva lot more than Hillary Clinton. He is winning in states. He is winning in the popular vote. He is winning on delegates, even taking into account those "Super" establishment delegates.

There is a simple reason. He is the much better candidate. He has to be in order to stand up to the Clinton machine, which has an ex-President and a ton of connections built up over decades. He is working hard. He is in Wisconsin far more than his opponent. He is here listening.

Obama is the most electable Democratic candidate by far. He is the way we take back the White House. The proof is in the polls. He averages 6 points better against McCain than Hillary does. Obama beats McCain in polls. Hillary only ties.

And, contrary to popular belief, Obama is tougher than Clinton. Of the two candidates, only he had the guts to oppose the Iraq war from the start. Hillary Clinton still hasn't come to terms with the most important vote of her relatively short-lived political career as an elected official. She still won't admit she made a mistake on Iraq. She said Bush duped her.

Only problem is that just last Fall Clinton voted for Bush's bill to declare Iran's military to be "terrorists." This was the equivalent of an unnecessary declaration of war. At the same time Bush was waiving around the image of World War III with Iran in support of his bill, Bush knew about a secret National Intelligence Estimate prepared by the CIA which found that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons development program in 2003 and probably hadn't restarted it. Hillary Clinton was duped again. And again she wouldn't admit she made a mistake. Instead she sent a letter to the White House "clarifying" her position.

Yes, there is a reason the McCain is hoping that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee. McCain is hoping he can keep all his campaign managers from jumping ship because they like Obama. And McCain is hoping he can debate Hillary Clinton on Iraq because her spinning on that issue just is not very convincing.

And Hillary Clinton says she is more prepared and detail oriented than Obama. Once again the proof is in the pudding. Her campaign ran out of money, was unprepared to deal with caucuses and has had to fire a whole bunch of people for poor performance and political low blows. In contrast, Obama's campaign is well run, well financed (even though they don't take money from lobbyists while Clinton does), and consistent in its message.

It's time to vote for a President who can win. It's time to vote for a President who can unify America. Without unity, without hope, there is no chance of real change. Without hope there never would have been civil rights reform. Without hope we never would have come out of the Great Depression. Once again, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Obama '08.