A Change of Pace

Yup, that's right, I know many of you have been waiting long enough for me to say something political, and so here it is: I am horrified by the prospects of the 2008 presidential election.
As a democrat (yep, just lost half my readers), I hope they field someone who is not only qualified, but actually intelligent (don't want Kerry Round 2 here). Where rumors are concerned, I have heard news of John Edwards running again, but against Hillary Clinton is a death sentence for anyone involved (and there goes the rest of my audience). Probably the reason why I am so bothered by the whole process is that I have this awful feeling deep inside my belly that the two candidates for the Republican/Democratic parties will be Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice, at which point I pray to God that Nader has enough huevos to run again because I will campaign for him until I die.
I know many of you out there...well, the politically minded ones are saying I'm nuts for expecting Rice to run (at least I'm prepping for the worst here). Republicans are in a very precarious position this election around simply by virtue of the fact that anyone appearing to have political goals and ambitions not unlike those of George Bush Jr. WILL lose, so they either have to select a centrist (like McCain[please God!]) to at least try for the win, or they'll have to do more to gather the vote that they have never been able to tap before: minorities.
Placing someone like, Rice, an African-American female would boost minority voters for the Republican Party like nothing else on the planet (and that includes a comprehensive action to allow minorities to vote in key swing states from now on out[low? Yes, but funny]). Rice will lose the race to anyone, unless its a stick of deoderant, but the whole idea will be to form a precedent with American citizens that there is a party for the minorities of America, the Republican Party. And looking at the idiocy of the general populace, it is quite easy to see how this will help out in the future.
Looking more towards the near future: Wyoming elections. "Re-elect Gov. Dave", dead on with that statement I believe. I think that Dave has this thing wrapped up quite easily and that I am not worried about his victory over Hunkins. Down the rest of the board, I see Republican victory, because in many ways, they have the advantage. McBride for the Superintendent of Public Instruction is a shoe-in, sorry Hoffman, but I think he's just got it not only because he has an R next to his name, but because he is in so well with the Governor's office. However, these victories by Republicans in the state of Wyoming is nothing new, so why talk of the same old stuff? Sounds like you're giving the same odds in Wyoming for dems that you would give Satan to win in The Bible.
Here's what I want to talk about. Gary Trauner. I think this is the year that someone beats Barbara Cubin, which I will say, "it is about friggin' time." He is fired up, he has been up and down the campaign trail, which is something that Cubin hasn't done for years. Considering how close Akin was to defeating her, then Ladd, think about what a Wyomingite who has been giving pretty good arguments for her being replaced this term will do. A friend told me Cubin's strategy, and honestly, it is a brilliant one: "No one can beat an invisible candidate." That is to say that Cubin doesn't need to debate, she doesn't need to be in the public eye, because in doing so, she gives herself up to speculation and therefore comparison. It doesn't look like she's on a high horse, but I'll be if it doesn't give her some aura of invulnerability and respect with the voters. My response is basically this, you can only do that for so long, eventually, actions will speak louder than nothing. Those sorts of actions are the ways she's voted in Congress, her voting record (or lack thereof), her refusal to resign her position despite obvious family obligations that will not allow her to be an effectual leader.
In a final note, I would like to salute Wyoming, whether or not I end up here, this is the best place to be into politics, because it gives you an open avenue towards pursuing your goals by allowing you to meet key members of the parties, the government and of course a thriving public base. It is quite succinct, you don't have the opportunities everywhere else that you do here.
I'll try to give you guys a sports blog tomorrow, which will include, but not be limited to Miami-FIU, Auburn-Florida, and of course Karsten Sween's amazing performance against the Utes saturday.