A good way to preview what a candidate's administration would look like is to examine their campaign. George W. Bush's was ruthless, lied constantly, attacked its opponents with every dirty trick in the book, and showed utter contempt for the rule of law. Lo and behold, the Bush Presidency was eight years of the same.
Looking at the three candidates, you can get a good sense of what their administrations would be like. Obama's campaign has been hyper-competent, professional, has drawn its support from the people instead of big money, reached out to voters in every part of the country from all walks of life, and has surpassed everyone's expectations.
McCain's has no new ideas, devoted to Bush and the Iraq War, and is run entirely by lobbyists.
And then there's Hillary Clinton...
Clinton's utterly inappropriate RFK comments should come as a shock to no one - they're part of an overall pattern of missteps, misspeaks, thoughlessness and leaden miscalculation. The worst part is, it's all in an effort to convince the superdelegates that she'd be the better nominee and the better President. Who is she kidding? Back in January when this all started, I favored Obama, but also believed, as most of us did, that Hillary Clinton would make a fine president. Now, after five months of primaries and campaigning, I don't think she should be allowed to so much as take a tour of the White House. And who convinced me of that? It wasn't Obama; it wasn't McCain; it wasn't the media - it was the candidate herself.
If Hillary's impossible scenario comes to pass, and she does kneecap Obama and somehow win in November, this is what we have to look forward to - 4 years of snipergate; 4 years of RFK; 4 years of Ferarro and "fairy tale"; 4 years of staffers resigning in disgrace, and allies being called "Judas" for not toeing the line. In other words, the same utter disaster as a campaign that blew the biggest lead since Gore in 2000, and seemingly can't go a week without some gaffe or mini-scandal. I don't need four years of that; the party doesn't need four years of that; the country doesn't need four years of that.
This is the point where Clinton was supposed to make the case for herself - that despite Obama's lead in pledged delegates, superdelegates, popular vote, states won, endorsements, fundraising, number of donors, netroots support, favorable SNL sketches, green stamps collected and merit badges earned, that Clinton is somehow the better candidate. Well, she's made the case all right. Thank goodness Obama's got the nomination locked up. My fear was that Clinton would stay in the race and hurt the nominee. Fortunately, she only seems capable of shooting herself in the foot a few more times.