We still have nearly two years until the next Presidential election, but everything looks like it's going to be a very good one, chock full of Senators eager to move up to the White House. Now we have to hope and pray that the perpetually incapable Democrats will nominate somebody who can win this year. The Republicans may have this millstone of Iraq hanging around their necks, but I'm sure the Dems can find some way to lose in two years, despite what looks like a sure-thing now.

Earlier this year there was a lot of talk about Al Gore running, and I was kind of excited about that. Not really so much because I think he can win, but because he brings a lot of issues to the public that might not otherwise get so much attention. Specifically, the environment. I think, however, that I am content with him bringing the issues to the public, like in An Inconvenient Truth, and not actually aiming to get back into the political arena. He better serves the issues without dealing with a campaign.

Barak Obama is, for now, just hype; credentials being: black and charming. He's that kind of black we find so intriguing here in the US-- one with no roots in American slavery. We --white America-- can forego all of the apologizing and feeling remorseful when the 800-pound gorilla slavery mindset is absent from the black politicians we encounter. Obama talks like a leader of people, not like a jilted minority. That's why people are so energetic about him right now-- he's a black man they can support who won't treat them like they just sold their slaves at auction yesterday. Part of the appeal is that he's new and fresh and charming. The newness will wear off, and the freshness probably won't be helpful in the long run. I don't think he'll run in 2008. He's young, he has time. Democrats would be naive to nominate him now. He looks good for 2016......

The person who most fears Mr. Obama, it appears, is Hillary Clinton. Boy is he sucking all of the energy from her news-making. I so sincerely dislike this woman. She is so cold. What a disaster it would be to nominate her. Democrats have fallen so far in the charm department. From Kennedy to Kerry, it's easy to see that politics is only half of the battle in earning a vote. You've got to woo the people. Clinton, unlike her husband, has Zero ability to woo. If she had the personality of Elizabeth Dole--- she could win. At least I would vote for her. She seems like a woman with no friends, just people who don't want to piss her off.

John McCain is old, too old to run, but he's probably going to anyhow. He's still a great politician, but his age is such a big factor now. Not like in 2000, when he could have won if George Bush hadn't slandered him and played dirty in South Carolina. And of course, when you're not such a party yes man, it's hard to get the party to support you. The trouble is, who else have the Republicans got? Who hasn't been tainted by Iraq? Oh, they all say they wanna fix it now and say the President and Rumsfield have messed up, but what were they saying before this year's election? Maybe if McCain reaches into South Carolina for a respected young VP-- like Lindsey Graham-- he can pull it off.

Of course, it's all two years away so why bother writing about it now?

Well, the wire is full of chatter at the moment about former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. Apparently he plans to announce he's running, and will continue to talk about the "Two Americas" issue that has made him the popular guy he is today. He's got Iowa wrapped up already, and we're two years away! But unlike most politicians who announce from their home states, Edwards is supposedly going to announce from Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. Wow. That's an image to go with his message like no other. He's got the name recognition and the charisma, and his Southern charm. He can win a national election, I am sure, but he has one huge hurdle to overcome: Clinton. I fear that she is going to do whatever it takes, have people say whatever it takes, to have everyone but her lose the Democratic nomination.

As a kid, one of the movies I watched over and over was Back To The Future. There is a scene where the time machine car is flying in a thunderstorm, and Doc says, "You don't want to get struck by lightening!" just as a fiery bolt comes down from the sky and smacks it, causing it to dissappear.

All Democrats should beware the brewing storm that is the Clinton presidential campaign.