Morons in Public Places

This afternoon I landed at LAX and went to the Red Carpet Club to catch up on Email. I was sitting at one of the desks when I overheard a person speaking in semi-hushed tones about his (self inflated) role in the Obama campaign. He talked to his compatriot about how the contest between Hillary and Obama was causing problems and it "actually made McCain competitive in a year when he should not be." He went on to offer his "services" (presumably this was not Client number 8 or 10) in the upcoming race.

I understand that many in the democratic party believe that 2008 is an entitlement. They think that W. has, beginning with the 2000 election which was stolen, been the worst president since Hoover (the Amity Schlaes interpretation of who did what in the depression not withstanding) or Nixon or whoever their devil of the day is.

I wanted to stop this guy's phone call and remind him that inevitabilities in politics have a habit of not happening. Just ask Rudy Giuliani about inevitabilities. For the first time in several decades there is no heir apparent in the electoral system. I think the American people are enjoying their opportunity to make a decision. And in spite of this moron's yabbering, they will make a decision when they decide they want to and not before. The process between Obama and Clinton, including the Wright episode, has been healthy for American politics. Obama, as I have discussed before, is a bit of an enigma. In many ways he is both a liberal and a unifying figure - in my experience those two qualities do not exist well together.

I also wanted to remind him that the most important phone conversations are like fools faces, they should not appear in public places. If this guy really did have a role in the Obama campaign he would not be laundering his thoughts in such a public manner. If indeed he was a big magilla in the campaign, then Mr. Obama will have a lot of problems in the Fall. The poster is off a website. I am equally appalled by the right's demonization of Clinton and Obama. I think a lot of the electorate remains ready to be convinced who will be the best among the three. It is unlikely that the guy in the Red Carpet room understands that basic fact.