Honoring Ted Kennedy

I am incredibly pleased to live in the home state of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  As a member of Congress, Kennedy has consistently worked not only for the people of Massachusetts, but for those across the United States.  As an influential member of numerous committees, Kennedy has left his mark in the fine print of our nation’s laws.

This past May, Kennedy suffered what appeared to be seizure.  This diagnosis would later turn more grave as it was determined by doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital that Kennedy was suffering from a malignant brain tumor.

While dire predictions of “remaining time”; the sort of stuff that the media feeds off of like rabid animals, Kennedy draw from his classic inner strength and pushed on to find not only a doctor who could operate on a tumor in an otherwise sensitive part of the brain, but to determine the proper course of action to help beat the odds.

The Kennedy family has had no shortage of adversity from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and Robert P. Kennedy, to the untimely death of John F. Kennedy, Jr.  Through all of this, Teddy has been a shining light in otherwise darker moments of Kennedy family history.  Now, the 76-year old multi-term Senator needs our strength, hope, prayers and good wishes.  If anyone can beat the odds, it will be Ted Kennedy.

One of my friends…

…should be in this crowd. When I saw this recent comic from the zany mind of “Close To Home” creator John McPherson, I immediately thought of my accident-prone friend, who I have told should write a book called “You Won’t Believe What Happened To Me”.

If trouble is going to find anyone, it will definitely find her. Thankfully, we can still laugh at her trials and tribulations.

Poldar?

If we have “radar” to detect incoming ships, submarines and what have you; and the gay community has “gaydar” to detect homosexual tendencies hiding among the throngs of breeders, does political commentator George Stephanopoulos have “poldar”? as ABC News’ Chief Washington political correspondent?

Just a thought.

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It will PROBABLY be a tight race

ABCNews.com is reporting that voters are expressing high hopes in the upcoming presidential election, yet just about the same number are expressing major doubts for both Obama and McCain.

Each candidate has his own set of challenges to overcome, yet Obama at least comes out on top in terms of optimism.  McCain is seen as more pessimistic and exceedingly likely to continue to failed policies of the very unpopular George W. Bush.  A separate recent story reported that Wholesale Prices haven’t been this high since Bush’s father George H.W. Bush was president 17 years ago.

Ask yourself – Do we REALLY want to let this continue under McCain?

Adding Biden to the campaign likely won’t mean all that much for Obama; the vice-presidential pick historically means little in the way of significance for a presidential campaign.  Despite this, Biden does round out some of the rougher edges in Obama’s political resume.  Of course, McCain has yet to announce his selection for VP, and depending on how he approaches it he could win or lose conservative votes, particularly those in the Bible belt.

A major issue for McCain is his age – he turns 72 on Friday.  Many voters have expressed concern over having a president that old.  The last “older” president was Ronald W. Reagan.  The trouble with McCain, beyond his age, is his history with cancer.  A resurgence of the cancer could mean that power would be transferred to his VP – which could be anyone from Mitt Romney to Tom Ridge.

Lastly, Obama still needs to make peace with the throngs of Hillary supporters who still aren’t behind him.  Some 3 in 10 supporters are still undecided or are for McCain.  By picking Biden over Hillary has Obama made a fatal mistake?  Only the upcoming DNC will tell us for sure.  The Obama and Clinton camps need to heal the rift and quickly.  Including Hillary in the roll call might be a good start or a fatal flaw.  What happens if she get’s the most votes, yet Obama is the official nominee?  Could get dicey.

Surely there are no definitive answers at this point.  We’ll all just have to wait and see.

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