ON WISCONSIN - GO BADGERS! BARACK CONTINUES TO "ROCK"

With today's Wisconsin primary Barack Obama appears poised to mount a ferocious climactic charge toward wrapping up the Democratic nomination. Admittedly, the Clinton campaign is still struggling to come to grips with the juxtaposition they find themselves in. In a few short months, they have seen their clear frontrunner status dissolved into what can only be politely characterised as a candidacy-in-decline.

The Clinton campaign have placed their hopes for renewal in the states of Texas and Ohio. Unfortunately, recent polling shows the Texas primary race to be a virtual dead heat. Ohio, although hard hit by the economic slowdown will nonetheless not prove to be the treasure trove of delegate votes Hillary Clinton so desperately needs. Just as in the case of Texas , Ohio's latino and white male voters, along with an increasing number of low-income voters are markedly shifting their allegiance to Barack Obama.

The polls indicate a 52%-40% Obama victory in Wisconsin at best and a 47%-43% win if Hillary shows greater strength. It is this writer's contention that Obama will win in a walk in Wisconsin and make substantial inroads on those sectors of the voting public previously considered to be the bedrock of Senator Clinton's support.

Just as Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota unseated a sitting president and completely changed the political landscape in U.S. Politics in 1968 so too will Barack Obama "unseat" the established political orthodoxy and turn the political world in this country on its head.

As the opening line from the University of Wisconsin fight song goes ....."On Wisconsin!" .......

OBAMA ON A ROLL! NEXT STOP - THE WHITE HOUSE

I think after this weekend it should be clear that the inevitability aura about Hillary Clinton has been demolished. If anything, it doesn't take a genius to figure out her candidacy is in a near death-spiral. The impregnable armada of the Hillary Campaign has been shot full of holes by the Obama phenomenon over the last week and nothing or no one can forestall the nomination of Barack Obama as the next Democratic presidential candidate.

Was Hillary's coronation ever really that inevitable. Only if you completely discounted an individual like Barack Obama. It's clear the Clinton campaign completely underestimated the significance of his appeal and the resonance his style of delivery and the tenor of his message has had on the American electorate. His continuing climb in the public estimation could have been long foreshadowed as early as January 2007 by the awesome eloquence of his demeanor and bearing on the public stage.

I'm not downplaying the magnificent accomplishments Hillary Clinton has managed over the years but accomplishments and length of tenure and hard won experience do not seem to figure into the equation at this juncture of the Nation's history. Presence - not experience - is paramount. Of the former, Obama has the overwhelming edge. Politics is about presence - more than anything else. Unfortunately, Hillary has polish but sorely lacks "presence" - certainly not the kind commanded by Mr. Obama.

If this comes as unpleasant news to Hillary supporters, I'm sorry. But the truth of the matter is that the time has come for someone like Barack Obama. While it is certainly true that we are long overdue for a woman president, we are even longer overdue for - not just a black president - but for a young, fearless unifying figure deeply rooted in this nation's history. Someone whose heritage is of the dispossessed and is in no way fearful of speaking out on their behalf. Barack Obama is not merely proposing policies and prescriptions but more importantly he is profoundly rearranging the tone and tenor of political discourse and thought in this still evolving country in a way that Hillary can only imagine.

My hats off to Hillary. But to every thing there is a season (Ecclesiaste) - to every season, there is a time. And in this season, it is the time of Barack Obama.

TO IMPEACH OR NOT TO IMPEACH - THAT IS OUR DILEMMA

In the midst of the furious presidential primaries now taking place shouldn't our energies as a nation be instead directed toward eradicating the stain of the horrifically unconstitutional misdeeds and misdemeanors perpetrated by the Bush-Cheney Administration.

As exciting as the primary horse races are, our focus should be directed toward removing a sitting vice president who has literally created a "5th Estate" - that remains outside of both the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch. Just call it the Dick Cheney Branch.

While the hour is late and the will is flagging, we need to proceed with all deliberate speed and do whatever small acts of citizenship we can carry out to see to it that this sitting vice president is held up to the bar of history for his vast conspiracy to commit massive crimes against the Constitution.

Congressman Robert Wexler (Dem.-Florida) has managed to call for impeachment hearings of Vice President Cheney. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Dem.-Ohio) has been successful in getting his H.R. 799 Dick Cheney impeachment resolution before the house but it was immediately referred to the House Judiciary Committee. Unfortunately it is still bottled up in that committee and the odds are it will continue to languish there unless more pressure is brought to bear by citizens such as yourself. It seems that not enough democrats on that committee feel exercised enough to bring it up for a vote.





Please take a minute or two and call the Congressional Switchboard in the coming week. The number is - (202) 224-3121. Do it for your country, do it for yourself. It is the Right Thing To Do!

Thanks.