The Clintons vanquished?

I don’t think I’d care for Barack Obama to win the presidency.  He has far too much interest in making the government larger.

On that topic, I loved this turn by John Derbyshire today:

(Ron) Paul remains the only candidate talking about limited constitutional government. The others are all: “I’ll make the federal government do this! I’ll make the federal government do that!” Paul seems to be the only one who is aware, as millions of ordinary citizens are aware, that the federal government does almost nothing well, and most things excruciatingly badly: and that this is to be expected from a vast and ossified bureaucratic extravaganza. Paul is the only candidate telling us, as a previous president told us, that “self-government means self-support.”

When I look at the line-up on a GOP candidate debate, I see one guy in a modest business suit, and a bunch of other guys in Santa Claus outfits. I’ll go with the suit.

Back to Obama:  He’s performing impressively.  After winning the Iowa caucuses, he’s now looking like a strong second in the New Hampshire primary.  His growth as a politician over the last six months is obvious to even a casual observer.  His speeches, never bad, are now routinely excellent.

So I’m beginning to allow myself the fantasy that he could actually get rid of the Clintons.

Consider:  if Hillary won the Democrat nomination but lost the general election, she’d still hang around, “you know”ing and crying (when opportune).  We’d still have to put up with her bathetic husband, wallowing in the naked praise of lockstep sycophants at six-figure speaking engagements.

But if she got pasted by a fellow Democrat before it ever got that far?  Could she recover from that?  She just might be done, nationwide.  She’d just be an obnoxious senator.  And Bill could go “home” to Chappaqua and return to lifting up the maid’s skirt as she’s making him a Monte Cristo, or whatever it is that he does when he’s not on an adoration tour.

Dare to dream.

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