Now can we nominate Obama? Pleez?

Look I know it's way early, but allow me to pull a Star Wars: I gotta bad feeling about this.

"When registered voters were asked which party they would like to win the White House, they preferred a Democrat over a Republican by 8 percentage points. But in a race pitting Clinton against former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the Republican was favored by 10 percentage points."

The Times then adds this, probably to make sure they don't piss off the Clinton machine too early-in:

"Some polls also have found that in matchups with Giuliani and McCain, Clinton's top Democratic rivals — Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina — would fall short of the general backing for their party."

Oh. Okay. ...but what about the Times poll?

"In the Times/Bloomberg poll, Edwards trailed McCain by 5 percentage points, but was ahead of Giuliani by 3 and Romney by 14. Obama was ahead in all the matchups: by 5 percentage points over Giuliani, 12 over McCain and 16 over Romney."

That was in the fourth graf from the bottom - again, my guess is so they don't come out looking like blatant Obama supporters at this stretch in the game. (They also note that the Law & Order savior could change everything.)

It can be tough to take shots at Hillary cause it's easy to turn people's fears into sexism. Kinda like this guy, whom I'm pretty impressed they got on record:

"Kevin Kidd, 45, a Democrat who owns a bar in Farwell, Mich., said a female president would make the United States 'look a little wimpier.'

'Some countries have woman presidents, and I just think it makes them look weak,' he added."

You think Kidd hung up the bar phone and then thought, "Huh. 'Wonder if I should clarify that a bit before millions read it"?

I have no issues with a chick prez. But we've been watching Hillary plot her acension to the Oval Office since Bill stepped down. We're wrapping up two disastrous Texas dynasties in the Bush family and the Spurs. I don't think the nation wants another. Bring on the Fresh new-thinker ideas!