Senator Obama will soundly defeat McCain. That is why his staff would prefer to run against Ms. Clinton. After the obvious chicanery of the last administration. It won't matter who runs on the democratic side, the Cheneybush has run the nation into the toilet and like it. The vast majority of Americans have seen evidence after evidence of the malfeasance of republicans. Spongebob and Barney could be the Democratic nominee and win. With all the new democratic registrations across the country, there are less than a half dozen states that can be relied on to vote for a republican.