Would there be anyone around, who is watching theDemocratic presidential nomination process? Theone segment, that is of interest to me, is the HillaryClinton campaign, and all its moving parts. It appearsto be just a bit on the schizophrenic side, to say the least.Since the beginning of the campaign, with her husband,former President Bill Clinton being sent off to clobberthe challenger, Senator Barack Obama, as hard as hecould, and wound up alienating, one of the very groupof people they would surely need, in a general election,African-Americans.

The next step in this interesting campaign, was wherethe campaign, as we learned later in the process, ranout of money and Senator Clinton had to infuse thecampaign coffers, with five-million dollars, of her ownmoney, because they had overspent their budget.Then we come to the point where Mrs. Clinton statesthat, only she and Senator John McCain, which is anendorsement of an opponent, if I ever heard one, have“crossed that magic threshold of being Commander-in-Chief”. What is that threshold, and when did she orSenator McCain cross it? Somebody, anybody, pleaseenlighten me.

If she is referring to her time as first lady,with all due respect, what did she do? Senator Clintonin her speeches, has made reference to helping with thepeace process in Northern Ireland, a media interviewerwith officials in Ireland reportedly said that Mrs. Clinton’srole in those negotiations was a minor one. So much forthat crossing. When in fact did Senator McCain, cross theimaginary threshold as well, when he was being the“maverick” that he is, and rebelling against his party policiessuch as illegal immigration and tax cuts? Who sets theselines that have to be crossed, before you are qualified to beCommander-in-Chief? My opinion is that the experienceneeded to be President, can only be learned on the job, asPresident, and even then, particular events occur whereyou must use the best judgment you have, along with asuperior group of advisors to arrive at the best solutionpossible, at the time. There is no threshold! You are continuallygrowing in the job as leader and sometimes nothing, nothing,in your background prepares you for some of the decisionsthat have to be made.

The next little morsel in this saga, is the continual psychologicalgame playing the Clintons are doing, by suggesting that theywill confer with Senator Obama and let him be her Vice-President, all you have to do, is vote for her to be the nomineeand you get Mr. Obama as well. Mercy, and all this time Ithought he was the front runner, and she was in second place,what happened, does the second place person choose the Vice-President? So, I ask you, what kind of schizoid games are goingon here?Senator Obama has run a better campaign, has raised moremoney in small donations, won more states, more delegates,more of the popular vote, drawn larger, more enthusiasticcrowds, with the hope and belief that there can be a change,a different kind of leadership in the Government, wherethings can be accomplished, instead of the same old grid lock.A new day on the horizon, with Senator Obama as the Presidentof the United States.

Citizens overseas are excited about the prospect of theUnited States, regaining its position of leader in the free world.But the team of Bill and Hill are determined to stop Bambi, asI refer to Senator Obama, at the gate. No, you cannot believe,they are in effect saying, to the thousands who are lookingforward to the future and better times, you don’t know whatyou are doing, we know better, let us take you back, you shouldnot even want to go forward. What a message, and they arefervently trying to sell it, along with their strong supporterswho want to keep trying the same old methods.If they are successful in wresting away this Democraticnomination from this man, who has not won it yet, but iscertainly positioned to do so, hundreds of thousands ofyoung people, a generation of believers, as former SenatorBill Bradley said on PBS, will be lost to the democraticsystem.

Those who have just aligned themselves with theprocess because, they have a cause, at this moment to bea part of, and to participate in, as they never have before.As former Senator Gary Hart stated, it appears that SenatorClinton’s personal ambition, is much more important to her,than the best interest of her party.We are watching as everyone else will be, to see how thisall turns out.