it seems that the great keystone state is now sad. the primary is over and the glitz and glamor of the cnn cameras are gone. obama and clinton are gone. one possibly for good. one until the real election starts.
i feel like we've gotten to know both of them well enough that we've earned the right to call them by first names. hillary and barack... oh how we'll miss you.
all people did through the past six weeks of campaigning was moan and complain about sniper fire and pastor's remarks and then run, not walk, to whatever rally they could manage to find.
as a state we look like attention starved step-children of the political system. our major and minor politician picking sides so they could ham it up for our fifteen minutes of political fame.
and all we did with it as a state was hand hillary a win big enough to make the whole process last longer. not big enough to really give her a solid shot of taking the nomination. not small enough to put the nails in her coffin.
just enough delegates to prolong this whole debacle.
just long enough for mccain to start making inroads to those independent voters.
i don't blame hill, or barry, i blame the keystone state. all this talk about our voices and votes finally mattering. all the hype and hullabaloo. what do we do with it? essentially just shrug and push the final decision off on some other states.

good job, us.

so, as the pa primary draws near, there is more discussion than i can handle of slip-ups and mistakes and what is wrong with this candidate and what that candidate failed at.
i wish there would be more positive discourse over what these fine people have done right, and more importantly, what they will do in the future. although, it might be a little hard to do, since Obama and Clinton are in fact so similar in positioning and quality. it is kind of exciting to be involved in a political scene that has an actual choice to make. we have three candidates left who all seem that they might be good leaders.
obviously, McCain would be a different type of leader than either of the dems, but he might do a good job as well.
what i like more about obama and clinton both though, is that they have this ability to inspire people to move and get involved.
what scares me about them is that this long, drawn out process has served to splinter the democratic party. while i don't really feel like i identify with either party most of the time, i definitely feel the dems more this time around. at least on the national level. local politics are a totally different animal and i actually think i voted an even split on the local level this past fall.
who knows, the dream ticket of Obama, Clinton might happen after all. that might be the only way to mend the fences or heal the wounds or whatever lame metaphor you want to use.
whatever happens, it'll be an interesting fall...