Oh, Those Silly Democrats

Last night America’s political junkies watched the results from Texas trickle in, while Obama transitioned his focus to McCain. Oh, how short lived.

As it appears today, the Democrats won’t have their nominee until convention in September, giving whomever emerges a short ten weeks to mount their national campaign. That’s a huge boon to John McCain, who has roughly 35 weeks to prepare, since he’s the offical (unofficially) Republican nominee.

Not only will John McCain have the time to build his national campaign, he can also start sniping at both of the Democrats while they’re consumed with tearing each other down. This really couldn’t be more beautiful for Republican eyes… or could it?

President Bush, a man despised by nearly everyone except the most faithful of the right-wing, came out today with a glowing endorsement of Sen. John McCain. This will help bring together and rally the base in a variety of ways, while additionally unlocking the far-right’s vault of campaign contributions.

The two appeared together at the White House, giving a slight break from the constant debate surrounding the Democrat’s battle. It’s the epitome of strength and security.

The next several months will be quite exciting and potentially devastating for Democrats, not only in terms of Hillary and Obama, but everyone further down the ticket. This battle for the nomination will require all the “little people” to jump into the fray to defend their chosen candidate, which can only degrade the chances for their re-election as Governors, Senators, and Congressmen.

I will tell you, right now, it wouldn’t be an overwhelming surprise for Republicans to keep the White House, while gaining seats in both the Senate and House. Perhaps even a few Governorships as well, who knows. Last month that would have been dismissed as wishful thinking, but I doubt that anyone would dismiss it so easily now that the dye has been cast.