"Look, the only people for Hillary Clinton are the Democratic establishment and white women. The Democratic establishment -- it would be crazy for the Democratic Party to follow an establishment that's led it to defeat year after year. White women are a problem, that's, you know -- we all live with that."

~ New York Times columnist Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday.

I'm one of those "problem" people he refers to. As much as I try to get on the Obama bandwagon ... I can't. The whole Obama movement feels too much like a cult. I get the feeling he's not so much running for President as running for Messiah. Maybe he'll get the whole country into chants and smoking weed. It did a lot for the 60's movement, but I'm not sure that's what the country needs right now. Listen to his speeches. It's all about change and change and more change. But he rarely talks specifics. They say that Republicans "get in line" and Democrats "fall in love." So what are we to do when the honeymoon wears off, when the smoke clears from the room and our hero is still chanting change but hasn't done anything substantive. Maybe the plan is to get the country so stoned out that we won't notice that he hasn't done anything. He's still trying to find that important stack of papers he left ... somewhere. A vote for Obama is a vote for style. Style over substance.

So yeah ... I went to a rally today in Annapolis. Hillary was supposed to be there but when I got there I found out she wouldn't be able to make it. But Dorothy Rodham was there, Senator Mikulski, Governor O'Malley as well as the past two Lieutenant Governors, one of which was a Kennedy. And there was a long list of Maryland government officials which had singed statements in support of Hillary.



Maryland Governor O'Malley addresses the rally at Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis. Senator Mikulski is seated ... or just very short.



A view from behind the cameras.



So white women are a "problem?" Well I guess that includes black women and brown women. There was a whole array of faces at the rally. I asked one African American woman why she didn't support Obama. She paused and took a while to think about the question then she responded, "Rock star. He's our Rock Star. Hillary's a doer. She'll get things done."

This weekend is full of real outdoor activity. This is the last of my political posts ... for now.

~ Susanita