Hi y'all. I thought since it's Presidents Day I'd offer a diary that allows us to prognosticate the end result of all this 2008 Presidential Election stuff....
My Prediction is:
Obama/Webb VS. McCain/Pawlenty 2008
Obama wins Hawaii & a close WI contest.
Hillary wins Ohio but Obama wins a very very close TX popular vote + delegate # and then The Clintons will really get ENORMOUS party pressure to drop out. (Unless their narcissism prevails and they choose to destroy the party to win the nomination, I think they will exit BEFORE Pennsylvania).
The Republican Nominee will be McCain/Pawlenty---mark my words.....I'm from MN and our Gov. who is a longtime supporter of McCain will be his pick, though it won't help them win the state. Minnesota is Obama country. Pawlenty is chosen because of his status in a "battleground state" and his youth and disposition are thought to counter Obama's and McCains age disparity
Obama+Webb/Biden/Clark/Gore.
Obama will need an aged military man to offset McCain and the weak "no experience" argument as well as the Iraq issue which McCain is counting on but will sink him as no argument will trump the UNDENIABLE, UNCHANGEABLE fact that Americans want OUT OF IRAQ. Obama will counter McCain's Iraq gambit by pivoting it into an economic issue in that the war has been a waste of money we need domestically. Webb would help in Virginia as well, which I prognosticate will be a blue state in '08.
So that is my hasty ramble. It's all the talking heads on TV do so why can't we have a go. Respond with your thoughts on how the end game will play out PLEASETHANKS!