Okay, Hillary, step aside

I have long been a supporter of the Clintons. Bill Clinton was a phenomenal President from 1993-2001. When Hillary entered the race for the 2008 Presidential race, I knew that she would be a great President.

When the field was effectively reduced to two - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - the two candidates seemed to have little difference in their policy positions and so on. I selected Hillary because she had the experience. But now, America has indicated that Obama would be the better candidate.

And so he might be. We'll never know. But the will of the American people is that the Illinois senator would be better. The math shows that Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee. With that, Clinton should step aside.

The question is how she continues on. Recent polls have indicated that an Obama-Clinton ticket is the 'dream ticket'. But I'm not sure if Clinton would be that. A recent entry by a Lutheran blogger (and Obama supporter) had proposed a Clinton-Obama ticket, but that was written just after Super Tuesday.

Don't get me wrong: I will support the Democratic ticket. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, offers policies that are not sustainable for the United States. This once 'maverick' Senator that regularly crossed party lines now panders to his own party. As some have said, a McCain presidency is a third G.W. Bush term. Continued presence in Iraq - with all the financial resources associated with it and the harm that it has done to the foreign relations of the United States - is not right. The central cities need funding that has not been given to them in the past eight years. Our national infrastructure is one step away from complete collapse. Healthcare in this country is a privilege of few and not the right of all.

By taking the United States out of Iraq, we can shift funding to those above areas. The Democrats will do that - either Obama or Clinton. Let's end this madness and start a national race: Barack Obama vs. John McCain. And you know for whom I'm voting.

Cheers -EJ