2008 Watch

A warning to whatever Democrats (probably just James Carville) think Hillary's a good idea-

From the "Tell Us Something We Don't Know" Department, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has John McCain beating Hillary Clinton "soundly" in a head-to-head 2008 matchup.

Although the poll found Americans favoring a Democratic president by an eight-point margin, that preference isn't translating to support for a particular candidate, at least as far as Clinton is concerned. McCain leads Clinton by a margin of 50 percent to 36 percent in the poll of registered voters; Clinton leads Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, still unknown to a lot of Americans, by only six percentage points.

Obama-mania? The poll didn't try any head-to-head matchups with the Illinois senator, but it did find that more than 40 percent of the Democrats surveyed said they didn't know enough about Barack Obama to say whether they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of him.

Make it stop! In my opinion, the worst possible election we could have would be John McCain (a closet neocon and arch-conservative who has convinced Americans via the 'liberal media' that he is a maverick) vs. Hillary Clinton (who never met an issue she couldn't triangulate). If these are the best two people our country has to offer, I weep for the future.

Let's think outside the beltway box, people.

[PS- John McCain's set his legislative sights on a new enemy... blogs. Get a life, Senator.]