College Kids

Last night I started thinking about a Clinton/Obama ticket. Previously I had been a huge supporter of Obama/Richardson, because then you get all the minorities or something? (Also Richardson has pretty decent foreign policy experience) And I don't really like the idea of going Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton during my entire life, but the Senator did make a good point in the last Democratic debate, on Thursday night, that it took a Clinton to clean up after the last Bush.

She does have more experience than Senator Obama, and if she were President and he Veep for 8 years he would be the next logical choice, which means 16 years of Democrats. Having Obama on the ticket might unite people to support Clinton as the headliner, despite the fact that she is so polarizing right now. I'm certainly going to vote for any Democrat on the ticket, but I'd be much happier about voting for Clinton if Obama was her running mate. Not that I don't think she'd be a fabulous president, because I do definitely think she could do great things, but I am worried about electability of Clinton if McCain is the Republican's nominee.

If Sen. Obama wins the nomination, and we'll see how he pulls out of Super Tuesday as to how he can do that, he won't pick Sen. Clinton as his running mate. I wouldn't either, if I were him. And he would likely be reluctant to be her running mate if she asked him, but it would be smart. Four or eight years in the White House would groom him so well. All the people who today argue that he doesn't have enough experience, since he's been a Senator for 2 years and has been campaigning for President the whole time, wouldn't be able to say that in 2016.

For the time being, I'm still an Obama supporter. I like having a young, fresh face that isn't a Bush or a Clinton and who wants to do good things for our country. He's not polarizing. He's speaking to the youth of the nation, which Senator Clinton seems to be ignoring (probably because that is more logical, as 18-25s rarely vote). He's optimistic, which Sen. Clinton trashed him for once but that's exactly how her husband got elected. Plus, electing him would do wonders for our relations with Kenya. ... that was a lame little joke.

Listening to Spice Girls, going to see 27 Dresses tonight in Friendship Heights, folding laundry, haven't done any homework today. I love DC so much. I cannot think of a better town for age 21-30ish. I'm considering coming back here for a summer clerkship during law school, though I have sworn up and down for the past 2 years that I will never spend a summer here. I think it will be different when I can be in an air conditioned building all day, and then the nights are always warm enough to go out on the town with no coat.

And I'm using my same rationale that is letting me go to Egypt for 7 weeks in June and July. It's only a couple of weeks! I can deal with that. My ghost sheet skin, maybe less so.

About 60 hours 'til polls open in the east for Super Tuesday.