Hillary's Presidential Speed Course for Obama 
It has puzzled some how Hillary Clinton, ordained by most of the mainstream media as being the winner before the initial competition in the form of the Iowa Caucuses occurred, based on numbers appears well on her way to being upset by Barack Obama, a recent Illinois state legislator who did not enter major national politics before being elected to the U.S. Senate just four short years ago.
Obama's meteoric rise is tied into amateurish blundering by a Clinton campaign that received such mainstream media boosting that important columnists and commentators interviewed sang Clinton's early debate performances and declared that she was winning them regularly and decisively.
A large legion of voters, many of them young and attuning themselves for the first time to the political process, refused to be conned into making a decision based on flimsy media propaganda. For one thing, with enough candidates on stage to constitute a political "cattle call," how can any one candidate decisively win such joint appearance efforts?
Also, the whole "ready on day one" refrain was first used by George Bush the Elder in the infamous "Willie Horton campaign" of 1988 against Michael Dukakis, in which racism reared its ugly head through the media strategy of Lee Atwater, known for parlaying racist and anti-Semitic smears to help win Republican political victories.
If there was one thing that the new wave of voters who pledged money to the Obama campaign via the Internet in large numbers did not want, it was resuming connections to the Bush political family.
In addition to using Bush the Elder's 1988 campaign refrain, Bill Clinton, eagerly seeing himself returning to presidential power via his wife's perceived election, got so carried away that he proposed international fence mending excursions with none other than the same Bush the Elder.
Even Bush the Elder was shocked by Clinton's suggestion. He saw such an exercise as a tacit admission that his son had made major blunders on the world stage that needed correcting. While true enough, Bush the Elder could hardly engage in actions involving trouble shooting regarding his son's international errors.
Another area where Clinton strategy boomeranged was the decision to spend large sums of money early in the primary season in an effort to lock up the nomination. Failure to realize this objective left Clinton well behind Obama in the important television advertising as well as caucus competitions.
Recently Hillary Clinton and her chain of command have created another major tactical blunder.
While continuing to advance the "day one" argument that should have been scrapped for a more resonant theme, there was the recognition that, while she has consistently registered a 48% negative rating in national polling, Obama has been able to establish himself as a viable vehicle for change with Democrats, Independents, and even some liberal Republicans.
Realizing that she needs a boost among the very groups where Obama has been polling strongest, including younger voters, Clinton floated the suggestion that it might be possible for the current rivals to be on the same presidential ticket.
One notable problem immediately surfaced concerning Hillary's voicing the possibility of a Clinton-Obama ticket. As she has drawn increasingly behind Obama in the delegate count Clinton's campaign has sought to make the case with increasing stridence and repetition that the senator from Illinois lacks her readiness and preparation for the presidency.
As this contradiction was raised the Clinton campaign became enmeshed in a sea of turbulence. After all, if Obama is as ill-prepared as the Clinton television commercials indicate, then how can he be offered on the same ticket with the candidate being touted as "ready on day one" to assume command?
Well, it works this way. While Obama is not ready on his own to assume the presidency as is Clinton, this situation could change. The prescription is that once Clinton locks up the nomination she will then, along with others in her entourage, concentrate on getting Obama ready for the presidency should he be needed.
This would be some speed learning process, something like the old Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Course applied to preparing a candidate criticized as markedly unprepared to assume command if needed after being sworn in on January 20, 2009.
Take heart, Senator Obama. While they deem you unprepared the Hillary Clinton Speed Course on the presidency will have you ready in record time!
KEYWORDS: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George Bush the Elder, Clinton Claims of Obama's Unpreparedness
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