My magic blend for President would have been John Edwards, Barack Obama, a dash of Dennis Kucinich and a smattering of Ron Paul with some Bill Richardson in there for good luck. Unfortunately, we can't blend these contenders to get the ideal president. Whether we get a Billary or an Obama or even a McCain, we need to put pressure on any and all of them to correct the excesses of the corporate oligarchy ruling this country.(Short chokers for all politicians and have them yanked frequently!)The days of spectator democracy are over. If the corporations won't yield, boycott them and go around them so we are no longer a dependent people. We can celebrate the next 4th of July as Dependence day or Independence Day...our choice! We can at least grow some of our own food and maybe learn how to make some of our own shoes and clothes again. We can press our "leaders" for a sane energy policy that puts our country on the cutting edge instead of being cut by oil wars and corporate oligarchy. I like to remind people that 40 years ago our country went to the moon without very sophisticated equipment or computers. Our current leaders, who all appear to be stuck somewhere in the 11th Century, need to be reminded of President Kennedy's challenge-let's go to the moon in ten years! How about energy independence and innovation in 10 years and climate warming reversal in the same time period. So, Richard, the time is always NOW and we all need to be clamoring for local solutions to global problems and for our "leaders" to follow us into the 21st Century. bush-cheney's detour into the Dark Ages wasted valuable time.
By all of us being squeaky wheels all the time and persistently so, we will eventually get some political grease.