Super Tuesday here we come

OK, I swore I was going to avoid politics this early and at a minimum I was going to wait for Super Tuesday. I am breaking that promise to myself because my head is spinning from the last week of politics. I am among those who generally don't follow races closely until the summer and certainly not until we are out of primary season. With no network television and the history making that is going on in the democratic party, I am paying closer attention than usual. OK truth be told, I am starting to fall into a bit of politico news junkie status. Here is what is striking coming out of last night's South Carolina primary for me.

I can not stand the consistent break down of how people are voting along racial, age and gender divides, because the fact is once we get to Super Tuesday, Hispanics play a pivotal role in a great many of these states. I think it will be telling when and if we move away from the divisiveness that has been the last week of the campaign between the Democrats. Obama was taken off his game and last night while strong and brilliant in his acceptance speech, you could see he was still pissed off about how the Clintons came after him. I am among those who wants to buy a ticket on Obama's Hope train. However, he has yet to discuss with content what that train's design is going to be. I need him to get down in the dirt of specifics and explain how he is going to create change - tangibly. I am a grown woman and realize he can not predict nor promise what he will accomplish. I just need confidence that he has a sketch outline of a game plan. For me, I think he is savvy and smart enough to bring a flexibility to restoring our country's standing in the world and getting through some of the tightly woven fabric that is DC politics to make some headway on important issues. I just don't know how he intends to do it.

The Clintons - OK, I am in the camp that is tired of the 20 year Bush/Clinton dynasty. I was tired before this week's strategy unfolded. I think former President Clinton's actions over the last week are telling and horrific all at once. He is like a political version of Sunset Boulevard - past his prime but screaming for the spotlight. I can not be the only person who thinks it was beyond strange that the first Clinton to speak last night after the primary was Bill, not Hillary -- HE'S NOT RUNNING!!! So not only did Hillary not have the graciousness to concede defeat in person (she released a statement before getting on a plane for a Tuesday state), she left her husband behind to clean up the mess. And after a week of racial innuendo, he spent 74 minutes talking to a crowd for a race he is not running in. He again took a cheap shot at Obama by comparing him to Jesse Jackson and went on to talk about the race in terms of 'we' - So the first woman to run for office is not standing on her own merit - the pundits are right, Billary is the candidate.

And poor John Edwards, he is just going to make his role as spoiler work through to the convention without ever taking on a nomination. His poor showing in South Carolina doesn't even make him the most attractive running mate. And is it me or are others curious about the fact that we have not seen a whole lot of Elizabeth Edwards since New Hampshire?

And the Republicans - I can't help but like and respect John McCain even though I am diametrically opposed to his policies on the war and think he doesn't have a strong plan for the economic downturn we are in. But I love and underdog and the fact that he was left for dead in the summer and is on the cusp of being able to run the table on Super Tuesday if Florida goes his way makes for a great comeback story. And in a race littered with the likes of Romney and Giuliani I like the fact that I respect McCain, even when I don't agree with his politics. It's a rare quality that he evokes and is significant to me when looking at a presidential candidate.

I am convinced that I will need to move to Canada should Mit Romney win the nomination and go on to win the White House. Romney is the penultimate Frat Boy. He will say and do whatever is most convenient to get to his goals. The presidency is about him and only him. If he gets the nomination it will be because he bought and paid for it - $40 million in advertising in Florida alone - $40 million - are you kidding me? Watch him in a debate, the second someone questions him he immediately jumps on the defensive, but in a punk way. He is dismissive and angry about it. It's like hot and cold and shows he is disingenuous. That and he should just be put to the curb for his HORRIBLE move earlier this week of breaking into "Who let the Dogs Out" when taking a photo with a couple of African American kids.

And then there is Rudy -- ah Rudy the man who needed two towers to collapse and 3,000 people to die in order to not be a Mayor exiting in disgrace. One can only hope the good people of Florida recognize that this guy is nothing more than a schoolyard punk and a bully.

Think what you will and for goodness sake pay attention. I think the good that is coming out of this play by play like quality of this election is that people are voting - in droves. For me that is the encouraging story, people are engaging in the race. My hope is that the news outlets and campaigning and never ending debates don't wear us out before November comes.

Now my disclaimer -- I am a registered Independent and have not made up my mind as to who I will support come November.