Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Voters Want Change

McCain and Clinton have just won the New Hampshire primaries — Obama is delivering his concession speech even as I type this.

The bodies of the losers are still warm but the pundits already have a nice, tidy explanation for the somewhat surprising results: In Iowa, voters chose the candidates who most advocated Change; in New Hampshire, they've chosen the candidates they believe are most capable of delivering it.

(I'm a little baffled why anyone thinks McCain represents Change. But, hey, I'm not a pundit, so what do I know? Never mind that these are the same pundits who delivered eulogies yesterday for the Clinton campaign.)

In the debates on Saturday, the most overused buzzword was Change. For the past few days, the rhetoric from all the candidates has been Change This, Change That, Change, Change, Change. To paraphrase Joe Biden, every sentence they speak now has a noun, a verb, and Change.

Not even Romney could resist jumping on the bandwagon. In a speech yesterday, he said, "I've brought Change to every organization I've been involved with. That message, by the way, of bringing real Change, is sweeping the country." This from the man who frequently criticizes his Republican opponents for being too lukewarm in their support of President Bush.

So, apparently, all of the candidates' overpaid consultants are unanimous in their opinions of what we, the People, want. Change.

Is Change what you want? If so, I'd like to suggest someone who can deliver it far more capably than any of the candidates currently in the race. Someone who has far more experience than any of them.

When it comes to Change, there is one unparalleled world authority....

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