Pennsylvania Mania

The day is finally here! OK, it will finally be here within just a few short hours. April 22, 2008 is a day which may soon live in Democratic Infamy. For the last six weeks, we have watched as the two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination for President have battled with each other. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL).

Clinton and Obama have traded attacks in their advertising. They have also spent time trading the spotlight upon their respective mistakes. In Hillary's case there were bullets to dodge from the media because there were not actually bullets do dodge in Bosnia years ago. For Obama's part there has been the continual problems related to Rev. (GD America) Wright, his pastor; problems with bitter commentary about the good people of PA; and of course his questionable relationships with home grown terrorists. In both cases there have been gaffs that the other has been able to capitalize upon.

One begins to wonder - is Operation Chaos working? It sure looks like it may well be! Can you remember a time in recent or even not so recent memory when the Pennsylvania primary has mattered so much, if at all? It also begs the question - will the people of PA take decisive action tomorrow to end the Democratic race or will they like many of the states before them simply pass the action on down the road to NC and IN.

I for one, hope that they pass the action on. I would very much like to see this Democratic primary season stretch beyond the last primary in June all the way to Denver and the floor of the convention. As a convention loving person, there is nothing I love more than a bloody floor fight! I want to see Hillary and Obama playing all of the intense games of the convention with the Super Delegates trying to prove why they should be the opponent for Senator John McCain (R-AZ). This has the potential to be far more historic than any election in the past. So my word to all of you in PA is: "Don't be too decisive - keep the race going." For that to happen, you need to hand a decisive victory to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - so as sour as the taste is in my mouth as I say it - "PA go out to the polls tomorrow and cast your vote for Senator Clinton."

Pennsylvania Mania is upon us!