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The Definitive Case for Why YOU Should Vote for Barack Obama

The Definitive Case For Why You Should Vote For Barack Obama

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Housecleaning from Turks and Caicos

A few random items to get off my chest from Turks and Caicos:

Saturday came and went. And so did my fantasy football draft. The godfathers were in Cleveland. Matty, Pickles, Santo and I called in. It was my first draft from the beach. Here's my team for the 2007 Cleveland Rocks fantasy football league:

T Romo	A	QB
R Bush	A	RB
W McGahee	A	RB
M Clayton	A	WR
T Owens	A	WR
J Shockey	A	TE
R Gould	A	K
D Ravens	A	DST
A Smith	RS	QB
D Rhodes	RS	RB
L White	RS	RB
R Droughns	RS	RB
C Johnson	RS	WR
T Williamson	RS	WR

In unrelated news, my Gonzales prediction came through.

Lastly, big shout out to Steve and Barbara Pyles. They have saved our trip to Turks and Caicos? How, you may ask? In a total random act of kindness, they gave me a brand new iHome2Go a few months ago. They knew I love music. The device lets me play my iPod in water, on the beach, etc. So we've been rocking out all trip to Phish, Kass' workout mix, my Rock The F*** Out mix, the BEPs, Avril (Myles loves Skater Boi but HATES Girlfriend) and more. Thanks again!

Clinton/Edwards '08?

This is not a political blog. But bear with me for a few minutes. 

Hillary Clinton and John Edwards had an unscripted moment Thursday at the NAACP candidate forum. They didn't know the mic was hot and were overheard talking about how to thin out the number of candidates participating in the presidential events (debates, forums, pig roasts, etc.).

Clinton: “We’ve got to talk, because they are just being trivialized.”

Edwards: “They are not serious.”

Clinton: “No.”

Clinton: “I think there was an effort by our campaigns to do that. That got somehow detoured. We got to get back to it, because that’s all we’re going to do.”

On the newsmaking scale, this story is a non-starter. Of course behind the scene deals and strategizing happens. They don't call it strategery for nothing. Jon Slotkin and I brokered a similar deal in the 8th Grade election at Landon. I agreed not to run for class president, opting for the vice president position instead and locking up the historic all-Jew ticket. So it's not news that this happens during the campaign for the most powerful position in the world (not that VP of Landon's 8th Grade didn't come with its perks).

The real news here is the closeness of the candidates. They get along well. They seem to genuinely like each other. And they know that a combined ticket would be killer. Clinton/southern Senator works (please visit this link ... it's worth it). It's a proven model. It worked in '92 and '96. And it will work again in 2008.