"Don't Worry....Be Happy:" More On Presidential Campaigning

Don't worry......this is all good. No matter who you are backing, the ultra-early start to the Presidential campaign season is actually a good thing.

Let all these crazies jump into the pool with their messed-up, ill-informed views and 'solutions.'

There's Obama, who advocates just talking to everyone, 'cause, you know, he's a wonderful racial rainbow all of his own, and will personally engineer world peace and total income equality for Americans.

Then we have Hillary. She wouldn't leave Iraq, but she wouldn't have gone in, either. She's not for cutting and running, but demands Bush have it all sewn up by Jan2009. She's liberal, but not too much so, she's a 'serious Senate military/foreign policy "expert,"' such as they are, but she's not sure where she stands on anything relevant to the subject, i.e., repudiating past votes, or promising to change her tune. Can we say "triangulation?" No, wait, that was her husband....

What about John Edwards? According to him, the country's about to have class warfare, and by the way, the economy really sucks, GDP and inflation numbers to the contrary.

Over on the (almost) right, we have John McCain. This Senator, who is actually proud of the latest campaign spending "reform" abomination which he co-authored, wants us to stay in Iraq and fight a lot more. But, he's socially liberal, with no apparently firm convictions on much of anything. In short, your average, career Senate windbag who now feels he's waited long enough, and it is now "his turn" in the White House. Nevermind the lack of any remotely relevant, qualifying accomplishments on his CV.

What about Mitt Romney? On one hand, a seasoned governor and savior of the Salt Lake City Olympics. Former consultant and co-founder of Bain Capital. Solid management and governing credentials, but now gone a little soft in the head, e.g., national guaranteed healthcare for everyone! And insurance companies cannot turn you down! Boy, I'm sure eager to see the national bill for this idea.

You know what? Don't worry about any of these egotistical Presidential wannabes. One of these clowns will win- we can't prevent that. And then, s/he won't be allowed to implement his/her wilder, crazier schemes anyway, because about 300 representatives will have to drink the Kool-Aid to make that happen.

More likely, the really appallingly bad ideas will be stripped off, like ionized electrons, on the way to victory. In the end, it's the daily-monthly leadership, reactive, and problem-solving grind that dominates the Oval Office.

So what if we get Hillary? My bet is, unlike her husband, she'll be out after 4 years- probably by her own party. Really, looking in the rearview mirror, Carter, Ford, and Bush-41, all got just one term before either their bad judgment or lack of passion doomed them. I think Hillary will join that exclusive club, if she wins the Presidency.

Between the razor-thin party pluralities in the House and Senate, and the recent 8-year run of a very strong, confident conservative President, expect some experimentation from the American electorate.

Maybe the first black, or first woman President. But once they are sworn in, it'll be time to deliver. The 3-year clock to re-election time will be ticking, and suddenly, they'll feel vulnerable and in the electoral crosshairs.

We have a free market economically, which fuels our economic welfare, global success and influence. Our free market in politics and government also assures us of a steady supply of candidates ready to rip an anemic or inept President apart, and provide us with a more convincing replacement and alternative.

Don't worry......be happy! Long live the Republic!