The Candidate Shrugs

The race for the Democratic nomination, having barely commenced, has already presented at least four awkward questions:

1) Is it possible to be any more stupid than Joe Biden? (The answer is yes; George Bush is more stupid than Joe Biden.)

2) Could you actually vote for a candidate from North Carolina, no matter how well intentioned? (Probably not.)

3) Could Hillary be even less principled than Bill? (The answer appears to be yes; her refusal to concede the abysmally bad judgment of her war vote is a display not of principle but of continuing bad judgment.)

4) Are we not compelled by history to vote for an African-American with the attributes of Barack Obama? (Now that's a good question.)