COLUMN: 02-06-2008

Yesterday's "Super Tuesday" primaries were an extremely positive sign in the American political landscape. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain dominated the field with Governor Mike Huckabee making a strong showing as well. The fact that this "maverick" senator (so-called because he doesn't always tow the party line and actually does what he thinks is right in many cases) is winning shows that the American people are not deceived by the lies of the corrupt party insiders who are doing everything in their power to derail his candidacy. People of faith are flocking to Huckabee because he is one of their own and that is not a bad thing considering he is the genuine article and not a fraudulent panderer in that regard. Happily, the true panderer of this campaign, Governor Mitt Romney, has been rightly shown that he cannot buy the election. Other than winning Michigan (where his father was governor), Massachusetts (where he was governor), and a handful of states with large Mormon populations (who want to see one of their own as president), the only other states Romney has won have been caucus states where he paid for the buses and food to get people to go to caucus locations and that should be proof enough that this election method should be eliminated.

On the Democratic side, the corrupt party insiders are also being defeated with the swelling of popular support for the hopeful message of Senator Barack Obama. Though he is relatively young for the presidency, his record is long enough to show that he actually has worked for positive change in American politics. This is in stark contrast to the very disreputable record of Senator Hillary Clinton, who continues in the trend of her husband's presidency and both of their earlier lives in terms of dealing with the shadiest of characters for both the financing of campaigns and for personal investments. Though they are now statistically tied, Senator Obama has the momentum and will hopefully continue to carry the day until we can have a presidential election in November where both candidates are actually possible good outcomes for America (even if one is a liberal with a naive view of how the government should work) and not just a choice picking the lesser of two evils.