Sometimes life teaches gentle, subtle lessons. Sometimes life teaches brutal, painful lessons. Today Barak Obama got one of those in the side of the head with 2 x 4 kind of lessons.

Today Obama found out what it means to be the flavor of the month when the month is over.

Today Hillary Clinton made her official entry into the campaign for the Democrat Party 2008 Nomination.

It's not like everyone on the planet didn't know it was coming, so I hope it didn't take Obama by surprise. Maybe he didn't expect her to officially announce so soon after he did, but he had to know his days in the spotlight were numbered.

Not that he wont still get plenty of press, even fawning press coverage. The media and rest of the party have an interest in making this seem like a contest, so "Obamentum" will likely continue at least through Iowa and New Hampshire. Just long enough so that Clinton's nomination seems less like a hereditary coronation.

It will be interesting to see how Hillary's campaign deals with the fact that her single biggest asset is also her largest liability. What will they do with Bill?

The silly season has now officially begun. With almost 2 years worth of presidential campaign politics - Hillary style - there is certainly going to be no shortage of blog material.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 03:26 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment