Capturing the heart of the Heartland

Well, Barack and Hillary on battling it out in Iowa again. The
Washington Post reports that both used strong rhetorical arguments in hopes of getting the Democrat's presidential nomination.

On Saturday Obama delivered what some call his best speech of the campaign trail at an annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

Yay. A president who can speak. I was told in high school that I should be a speech writer...of course my newspaper advisor's sister was a Chicago Sun Times Reporter turned speech writer for the Governor of Illinois.

It's a tempting thought, but I still believe that politicians should be able to write their own speeches (with a little tweaking from a professional). After all, they are supposed to present themselves as intelligent and poised professionals to world leaders. I'd like to think that the president of the what we like to call the ruling country in the world should be able to speak fluently with or without a teleprompter.

On a side note,

I think it's interesting that media personalities routinely ask Obama if he'd be willing to run as Clinton's vice president. On Meet the Press, I didn't notice a similar question but that seems to be a rarity lately. And what's Obama's response? Sorry but no.

Of course he's not going to jeopardize his chance at the oval office, but isn't that a thought: Setting two historical precedents in one election.

One can dream...