Leadership and Justice Mephistopheles

The 2008 Presidential campaign could have started last week, in the wake of Katrina. I have been waiting for a Democratic leader to step forward. Sure, several Congressmen and Senators have complained about the administration’s failures, but real leadership also includes providing inspiration and motivation. The same holds true for Iraq, where democrats can point out our shortcomings, but nobody wants to be accountable for new, specific ideas.

Bill Clinton’s actions recently have been nice and I don’t know why Hillary isn’t with him (actually in front of him) every step of them. I would even be happy to see Al Gore back in the fold. But speaking of Hillary, I now believe that it would be a mistake for her to run for president in 2008. The reason is that if she runs, the race will become about her (her gender, her family, her religion, her finances, her husband) and not about how republican strategies have consistently led to higher unemployment, higher debt, lower GDP, increased poverty, and dozens of other social, political, and civil injustices.

Prediction: Bush’s Second Supreme Court Justice is will be radically more conservative than Judge Roberts is thought to be. My guess is 1) Janice Rogers Brown, 2) Michael Luttig 3) Emilio M. Garza, Bonus Picks: George H.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, or Mephistopheles.

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