Take it or leave it: Morgan's 2008 prediction (ok fine, wish)

Ok, I have said it before and I’ll now say it publicly for the entire world to ridicule me post-November 4, 2008 I am rootin’ for a Edwards-Obama ticket (and win). I know all the juice is behind Hillary. I know that everyone is talking Clinton-Obama ticket. But, coming from a girl who has read every Buying of the President and watched every presidential election coverage since she was born – I’m not feeling it.

So here it is – I am putting in my two cents (for real that’s all my opinion on this is worth – you want hard hitting analysis find someone else).

Now, let’s put in this caveat – it is still 21 months until the election. A LOT can happen in 21 months to all the candidates.

In fact, take a look, these are the crazies that think they can win. Please note: they wouldn’t run if they had no hope – they leave that to third party candidates. On the subject of third parties: I am all for them, but I would like to see them (a) get a higher percentage of the vote and (b) woo some votes away from the Republicans for once (Hey Pat Robertson, why don’t you take ’08 for a spin – that’ll learn them).

Dems Actually in the race:

• Senator Joe Biden of Delaware
• Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut
• Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
• Former Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska
• Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
• Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
• Former Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa

Dems who have formed exploratory committees:

• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York
• Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico

Dems who have expressed serious interest:

• Retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas
• Reverend Al Sharpton of New York

Rightys Actually in the race:

• Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas
• John H. Cox of Illinois
• Representative Duncan Hunter of California
• Michael Charles Smith of Oregon

Rightys who have formed exploratory committees:

• Former Governor Jim Gilmore of Virginia
• Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York
• Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
• Senator John McCain of Arizona
• Representative Ron Paul of Texas
• Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
• Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado
• Former Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin

Rightys who have expressed serious interest:

• Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia
• Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
• Radio talk show host Michael Savage of California

Now, the rule goes that more former-governors than former-senators have been elected. That’s true: There have been 15 former-senators and 17 former governors. So really it is too close to tell if that really makes a difference. One thing I know, Senators spend a lot of time voting for bills with tons of pork in them that the opponents can later use against them. And Governors have veto power. So, in my opinion there is a bit of leverage there.

And finally, since this is a phlog here is the picture to make this a real post. This is from when my Grandma J came from Illinois to stay with me in DC two years ago. It was a blast. We visited with some locals while she was there.

PS: The other guy is Senator Dick Durbin from IL and the reason for all the green is that it was St. Patrick’s Day and there are a few Irish in the photo.