It appears that Hillary's campaign may be coming to an end, if not now then very soon. It amazes me that the Dems are so desperate to win back the White House yet they are going to nominate a guy who is so far to the left that you have to crane your neck to keep him in view. Bill Bennett sums it up this way:

...the Democratic party is about to nominate a far left candidate in the tradition of George McGovern, albeit without McGovern’s military and political record. The Democratic party is about to nominate a far-left candidate in the tradition of Michael Dukakis, albeit without Dukakis’s executive experience as governor. The Democratic party is about to nominate a far left candidate in the tradition of John Kerry, albeit without Kerry’s record of years of service in the Senate. The Democratic party is about to nominate an unvetted candidate in the tradition of Jimmy Carter, albeit without Jimmy Carter’s religious integrity as he spoke about it in 1976. Questions about all these attributes (from foreign policy expertise to executive experience to senatorial experience to judgment about foreign leaders to the instructors he has had in his cultural values) surround Barack Obama. And the Democratic party has chosen him.

To that, I would add:
The Democratic party is about to nominate a candidate who:
• apparently does not know how many states are in our country.
• who will say Iran is not a threat and then the very next day say, yes, it is a threat.
• thinks other countries should be able to tell us what kind of car to drive, how much food to eat, and how to set our thermostats.
• thinks 10,000 people died in a Kansas tornado that killed 12.
• has trouble with geography and timelines, and who commits enough other gaffes to make Dan Quayle's misspelling of potato the non-event it should have been all along.

The Dems have always had a significant contigent of naive, nutty socialist-types that are easily swayed by emotions and dreamy visions, but that contingent has been firmly in the minority. Until now.

It's not a news flash that the Bush administration is unpopular. That unpopularity is justified in some cases (rising government spending, the early mishandling of post-overthrow Iraq), but unjustified in others (the rising price of a barrel of oil; the over-heating in the housing loan markets, etc.) In addition, Bush get absolutely no credit for the astounding success of the Iraq surge or the fact that we are, in actuality, safer since 9/11 due to due to his aggressive fight against terrorism. He has decimated Al Qaeda.

Regardless, Bush (and many of the Republicans in Congress) have set the stage in such a way that Barry might actually win. If the Republicans had a candidate that they were excited about, I don't believe Obama would stand a chance. McCain, however much he stands in stark contrast to Obama, is not a guy that is going to drive down-trodden Republicans to the voting booths. The spectre of Obama as President, on the other hand, just might be.