The Kennedy-esque Kenyan and the Aw-Shucks Bass Player

I feel proud to be an American this morning. We, vicariously through Iowa, are showing the world that change is coming, that here in the land of the free and the home of the brave, we can lift a man named Barack Hussein Obama to the world stage on our behalf. Obama is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, and was president of the Harvard Review. It's beyond reassuring to imagine replacing Georgie Porgie with real brain power. Imagine a great orator in the White House! Remember Kennedy!

Mike Huckabee is a Baptist preacher who can rock the bass guitar. Let's not forget how he morphed physically, losing a hunded and twenty pounds a few years back. Mysteriously, if you look over Huckabee's shoulder, you may see a cross or you may see Chuck Norris. I look at him and am reminded at times of Kevin Spacey. This kind of stuff catches ordinary folk's attention. Huckabee has captured the Iowans' votes with relatively little money and virtually no political machine.

I can't wait to see what will happen in New Hampshire. It's fabulous to see democracy in action, and to watch the race crystallize. It can make a person feel vital, young, excited, hopeful, proud, and alive.

Power to the people!