2008 Race Overkill: Chavez's Power Overextends

Leave it to our news pundits to be utterly obsessed with the next presidential race.

Already, the Democratic party is beginning to quarrel with each other over who is the most likely candidate and Republicans are still licking their wounds from the 2006 election cycle.

Meanwhile, the biggest news earlier this week should be the news of Chavez being given official dictatorship powers in Venezuela and what that means for our hemisphere both economically and security-wise.

However, we have the New York Times pondering whether former President Bill Clinton will "behave" himself should Senator Hillary Clinton become the first woman President.

I don't know about other women, but I feel it would be a sad concession to propel one of the most dysfunctional marriages back into the power limelight of our nation. If they (Bill and Hillary Clinton) couldn't keep their dirty laundry intact, how should we trust them again with serious national and international issues?

This may sound archaic and I certainly expect people to disagree with me, which is fine of course, but numerous proverbs in the East and West religions have always pointed to how a person conducts him/herself in their personal lives will often translate into what their public life produces.

Again, I just wish we could duke and debate about our current issues rather than speculate every single day about who is going to be better as our next President. We will have ample time for that during the official campaign season--but then again, perhaps some of our citizens need to be fed who the media thinks should be President rather than researching these individuals for themselves.