With the current state of Washington, the one lead by the Republicans that is leaving, one doesn’t have to look very far in the newspapers, maybe the B section, to see that other than the Iraq situation—which has no real good solution, and the Republican corruption, there has been little in new ideas. When congress comes back with democratic majorities, as long as Byrd doesn’t pass (he may outlive them all though!) the real focus may be on the 2008 election which is not far away in Washington’s mind, nor the lobbyists, big donors, and the media.

But this won’t change enough if Hillary Clinton wins. And yes, she may have a very good change of winning. How do I know? It really goes back to Ronald Reagan, and perhaps one of the most overlooked aspect of the Reagan revolution which the Democratic Leadership Council understood; that being how much the media and populism of both blue and red work on Americans, especially the swing voter. Simple premise: Star power works and Clinton has mastered it.

But what makes my day is the fact that Obama may run. Now, as of right now, I don’t see how he can’t run. He has gotten a lot of free-press and is frequently mentioned in the major newspapers and the 24-hour news systems. Furthermore, the reason why he excites me is that he is really a policy centric leader with a progressive reformer streak. But he doesn’t have the polarization because he is smooth.

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