This morning, I watched a few of the political chat shows and came to the conclusion that no one's going to be the next President of the United States. Hillary Clinton is too polarizing and rich Republicans will spend billions to convince voters that she barbecues and eats babies. John McCain is selling out every principle he holds to convince the Religious Right that he's one of them and they're not buying. Barack Obama is too lazy and inexperienced. Rudy Giuliani has nothing to offer other than to incessantly reference 9/11, plus the Religious Right won't go for him, either. John Edwards is just too pretty and vapid, plus his hair disqualifies him from higher office. Fred Thompson is like Giuliani except without the 9/11 connection. Bill Richardson is Bill Richardson. Mitt Romney is a Mormon, a flip-flopper and a congenital phony, plus his name is Mitt. And everyone besides these folks is Alan Keyes, one way or another.
So it's starting to look like we may have to keep George W. Bush for another four years. It probably won't make that big a difference. After all, we're going to keep his war going at least that long.