Politics Update...

It was an exciting Saturday night in the McHenry household... Myself and Bri grabbed some beers courtesy of Marty (the Saranac Holiday Variety 12-Pack was pretty clutch), and some bags of chips and hunkered down to watch the Pittsburgh - Jacksonville. Well it just so happened that on this exciting Saturday night, there were also going to be some Presidential Debates on ABC, both the Democrats and Republicans. Here are my thoughts on the current Political atmosphere having watching a good part of those debates and having followed the Iowa caucuses... CAUCUS!! (I've gotta yell it after I say it in regular context)

On the Republican side, it seems that Rudy Guiliani is dead in the water and if Mitt Romney doesn't turn things around in New Hampshire, he might be following him shortly. I found Ron Paul to be somewhat intriguing. I had seen all of his "Ron Paul: Revolution" signs hanging up all over I-76 and thought he was just some underground Green Party candidate or something like that but evidently, he's a Republican -- but different from the rest. It was kind of funny seeing the candidates overreact after each innovative idea that Ron Paul introduced. His ideas might not all be realistic, but it's a breath of fresh air. Obviously, I'm a little intrigued by John McCain because he tends to lean towards the middle and is not above bipartisan politics, but I don't think he has enough support from the right wing of the Republican party, which is the majority. Fred Thompson was there because he used to be on television... And finally Mike Huckabee, the current front runner courtesy of the Iowa caucuses...CAUCUS!! He's a Pastor, so he's got the religious right in his corner and apparently he's also got CHUCK NORRIS in his corner as well so that is pretty clutch and smart on his part. Chuck Norris is popular amongst young people and viewers of Walker Texas Ranger so the smart thing for Huckabee to do would be to make Chuck Norris his Vice Presidential candidate. AUTOMATIC PRESIDENTIAL WIN!!! Done and Done.

On the Democratic side, Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico was there just for filler... He seemed to be pretty loose and comical up on stage at the debate. He was trying to push the fact that he was the only one with Executive experience, having been a Governor compared to his opponents who have all been Senators, but that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Hillary has a bullseye on her back both from Republicans and Democrats. Obama and Edwards were teaming up against her at times, resulting in Bri commenting that they're "Hulk and Animal of the Legion of Doom"... Bri then insisted that if either Edwards or Obama is able to win the Presidential nomination, they'll be each other's Vice Presidents. Which I disagree on, considering they've been aligning themselves with each other, and more than likely the Democratic party would want a VP nominee who would be from the opposite end of the spectrum than the Presidential nominee... but who knows... Barack Obama is the "Candidate of Change" but Charlie Gibson, the moderator of the debate made a good point in saying that Washington generally likes to keep the "status quo" so a candidate of change might not be feasible... As Obama continued to make his points throughout the debate, Edwards kept aligning himself up with Obama reiterating some of the things that he was saying which I found odd... Before the debate, I had been leaning a little towards Edwards just because I think the whole "Candidate of Change" thing is a crock of shit... but now it looks like I might be back on the fence...