I don't care how sick ye Yankees are of the Bush dynasty's pernicious influence on American and global politics, I seriously doubt that when push comes to shove, they'll give Barack Obama the ticket he's hopin' for.
He presently constitutes significant novelty value. And of course the queen-ant-like adipose tissue female brigade have their hormonal blubber a-quiver over his eye-candy factor.
Hillary Clinton dearest has reached the point where her facial contortions need to be brought under better control. When doing exaggerated animation and laughs (which she does too frequently), the plastic surgery interventions really show. Observe the pic. It's one of the big downsides of being relentlessly in the public eye. She looks like an aging python about to strike.
The pic on Hillary's official website is beautifully crafted. Dammit, they've even given the gal a quasi halo - or is that just her aura shimmering at the edges? Whatever, it offers the caution that your PR pics should never too far exceed the actuality of you in real life. It's always a bit of a startle when you see someone and think they''re the mom or dad of the person you were expecting. Even some South African female public figures put airbrushed, vamp-like images of themselves on their book covers, and then in real life, the brittle jadedness is all too shocking a contrast.
The great value in a Clinton Democratic nomination of course, will be the traditional 'two-fer' - buy Hillary, you get Bill Clinton. The hyped Lewinsky issue aside, he's one heck of a brain, an incredible strategist and would, right now, be an awesome weapon in the US Presidential arsenal.
Don't know that the Bible-belt lot, coupled with an ample serving of redneck misogynists, would vote for a woman unless they perceived the value of the back-stage power that comes with a Hillary'n-Bill combo. Much though that might stick in Hillary's delicate, albeit surgically-lifted craw.
As for Republican candidate Mike Huckabee, he exemplifies what the legenday David Ogilvy once said: When you have nothing to say, sing it!. Huckabee's bin doin' jes' that folks! And of course, the Bible-belt appeal of being a Pastor should not be underestimated.
The Iowa caucases might indeed have been a flash in the pan. Let's keep watching this space.
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