In 2006, in my other award winning blog (Alan's Alley), I pointed out that the young Senator from Illinois that introduced Wilco at Farm Aid, just might win the Democratic Party's nomination. We know what happened after that.
In 2010, I pointed out that Mitt Romney could defeat President Obama and become President Romney. Ok, I'm not Nostradomus. Evidently, this was a very influential post because Romney thought he could be elected President even after it was learned that Romney might or might not have cut the hair of somebody he went to high school with that could have, maybe, possibly had been Gay.
What is interesting this time around is that the Democrats and Republicans have flipped.
The one quote of Bill Clinton's that I totally believe is historically accurate is "Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line". At least in the recent past, it seems that the Republicans have selected as their nominee the guy that came in second the last go around. That's why Republican candidates have had slogans like: "Nixon, I Guess", "Might as Well Be Bush", and "Dole Will Do".
Democrats, on the other hand, like to be swept off their feet by someone "new". At one time, that was Jimmy Carter, which shows you how easy Democrats are.
This time, it is reversed. Former Secretary of State Former First Lady Senator Hillary Clinton appears to the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. The Republicans do not even have a front runner yet. However, I have taken it upon myself to give a brief synopsis of possible Democratic and Republican candidates. I may just win a genius grant for this.
Hillary Clinton (D) -Strengths: Instant name recognition and many different pantsuit combinations
Weakness: Melts when you throw water on her.
Chris Christie (R) -Strengths: Governor of a "blue state" and appeals to people that own Bruce Springsteen albums.
Weakness: He is really, really, really, really, really, really fat. According to the latest Gallup Poll, 62% of all Americans would not want Gov. Christie to sit on their lawn furniture.
Jeb Bush (R) -Strengths : Former Governor of a large state. Exchanged business cards with my wife's boss.
Weakness: Name. Would be the front runner if his last name was "Tush" instead of "Bush", plus he could have gotten ZZ Top to sing his campaign song.
Ted Cruz (R) -Strengths: Very smart and very principled.
Weakness: Everybody hates him.
Rand Paul (R) -Strengths: Looks like one of my brother in laws. He's a physician so Democrats can't say he is dumb.
Weakness: Dear old dad
Paul Walker (R) -Strengths: Governor of another Blue State. Stood up to the Public Employee Unions
Weakness: Breath smells like cheese.
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