Brain Fertilizer

She looks comfortably ahead in Ohio, and may actually eke out a popular-vote win in Texas (although the Texas state Democratic Party primary rules are freaky stupid, and would still deliver the majority of delegates to Obama).

Even though I predicted a McCain-Obama general election, I'd be tickled pink to have Hillary! win the Democratic nomination.

It may not be for the reasons you think.

For me, the bottom line is that Obama is the Messiah to millions of people who plan on voting with emotion rather than logic. I don't want that sort of candidate going up against any Republican candidate, much less McCain. But even more importantly, I want The Political Messiah to be defeated by his own party. If McCain beats Obama, then for the next four years you will see stories of how racist America still is, especially the Neo-Nazi Skinhead Dead White Male Republican Party. If Hillary! beats The Political Messiah, then the Democratic Party should descend into an angst-ridden introspection of their own racism.*

Of course, if Hillary! wins, she'll lose to McCain in a landslide, and then we can look forward to 4 years of stories of how sexist American still is, especially the Male Boorish Pig Patriarchic Phallic Dead White Male Republican Party. But that's okay, because we'll still hold the Presidency, and no one has ever really rioted over sexual tension, unlike racial tensions.

Bonus thought: Is the Democratic Party ever going to get tired of sending people to the Senate who shirk their duties to run for President? Kerry, Obama, Hillary!, and Edwards missed a staggeringly stupid number of votes to run for President, and fail.

*They should, but they won't. Democratics aren't all that good about introspection or logical consistency.