Okay folks, with Iowa and New Hampshire just a few days away it is time to talk dirty, I mean politics.  I have been saying all along that Obama and Hillary cancel each other out and Edwards gets pushed forward as a concilliatory candidate – today Bloomberg has an article that backs up my prediction quite nicely. You can read it here. Also Peggy Noonan wrote a great article today as well about the importance of Iowa.

Basically what is being reported in the Bloomberg article is that Dem’s are divided fairly evenly between Obama and Hillary for some interesting reasons. First of all, people think that Hillary is more experienced but also more likely to lie and pander. They think Obama is less likely to lie but too inexperienced to run the country. So what happens? If they can’t have their first choice (remember they are evenly divided) then they all settle on a second choice that everyone can live with…Hello Mr. Edwards.

BTW – For those of you who are wondering about the Republicans, the bottom line is: I don’t care. They have mostly disgusted me with the lack of real policy discussion and the lame attempts to court the “Christian right.” Most Christians should be offended by the fact that we are courted as a political faction and only taken seriously because polling says we are a consistent voting block.

Anyway, since California forces me to vote with my party in the primary, I think my vote is either John McCain or Ron Paul. I never thought I would “waste” my vote on a fringe (Ron Paul) candidtate but with either Romney or Guiliani being my other options, I am left with no choice. I suppose Huckabee is an option but I’m just not in it for another southern conservative. For the those of you paying attention, please note that I consider McCain a fringe candidate as well – he has way too much baggage to be elected, even though he could definitely do the job. While he is polling decently now, I don’t think it will last long enough for him to be a serious contender. That said, I do believe him to be a statesman and a hero.

So my conclusion? Not sure what I’m gonna do in November….