Decision Day

There hasn't been a set of primaries with the amount of attention and competition like the one we have this year in decades.

Today, John McCain should seal up the Republican nod, but Obama and Clinton are still, likely, going to be neck and neck coming out of this primary.

The frightening reality here is this - McCain will move the Church even further into our government (theocracy on the horizon?). So... atheists are left with the Democratic contenders.

Completely ignoring Obama and Clinton's stances - they really aren't that different anyway. And, moreover, the only things the president truly controls is free trade agreements and the war.

We could talk about their experience but, despite the spin, that's not really much different either.

So the real questions are - Who will get more done? Who is more electable?

Electability:
Obama -

• His limited time in the lime light has the nice benefit of making digging up muck on him a little more difficult.

• Many republicans actually poll towards liking him
  

Clinton -

• Whitewater, suspicious suicides etc - the corruption scandals that marred her husband's time in office will be used extensively against her - especially since she was involved in many of them.

• Many republicans poll towards vehemently hating her.
  

Who can get more done?

The ongoing stop-block that Republicans in congress have against any progressive legislation is working. Which presidential candidate shows merit on being able to break this?

Clinton - "I will fight republicans"

Obama - "I will reach across the isle."

Many people hate comprimising a good thing for something a little watered down - but in this congress, no comprimise typically means no bill.

With that being said, either one of them are an improvement, but that doesn't mean much...