Democratic presidential primary

Barack Obama was the first to, quietly, refuse to deal with Fox News because of their bias and their racist, anti-Semitic and pro-terrorism stands. Rumors, unconfirmed as far as I am aware, circulated that he turned down all interview requests from Fox.

Then came the foolish idea by the Nevada Democrats to team up with right wing extremist Fox News and hold a forum with the Democratic Presidential candidates. Huge pressure came from the liberal blogsphere (with a few dissenting voices who don't seem to get that Fox News is no longer anything but extremist, pro-violence propoganda we should distance ourselves from) for Nevada Dems to drop the idea. Fox bloviated. John Edwards was the first to refuse to participate in the forum if Fox was involved and ultimately the Nevada Democratic Party saw the error of its ways and dropped Fox News like the vile, decayed corpse of journalism that it is. Personally I thanked the Nevada Dems with a donation and urge you to do the same.

Now, Fox hits another roadblock in its rather suspicious eagerness to hold a forum for the Democratic candidates. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) decided to form an alliance with Fox News to hold a Presidential forum, making people wonder if they had slept through the Nevada brouhaha. Once again blogs came into play asking the CBC what they were doing given the racist attacks they have made in the past and their blatant lies about Barack Obama, a member of the CBC. But now the forum is moot. First John Edwards said he would refuse to have anything to do with the forum if Fox is in the deal. Then Barack Obama (again, a member of the CBC!) and, a little later, Hillary Clinton, both followed Edwards' lead. That would make any such forum kind of useless, if the three front runners refuse to attend.

Currently I am still in the data collection period of deciding on who I support in 2008. To date I have mainly focused on Obama and Edwards, both of whom look good in Iowa polls and have considerable smarts and charm. Hillary looks good in the same polls and has smarts, but as one of her constituents, I can tell you she doesn't have much charm. I am unlikely to support Hillary in the primaries. Richardson is the latest one to come to my attention. I will write more about this in the future, but simply put, Richardson has the best resume. Absolutely excellent experience right down to nominations for Nobel Peace Prize. And, let's face it, Governors not Senators win the general election. He is trailing in the polls and, from what I hear, he lacks charm. But he is the one who could come up from behind.

So, for those who want to see more of our candidates, I try to highlight events that give you such opportunities. I think one of the best ways to see what a candidate has is the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Sadly I seldom get the chance to see Jon Stewart because my wife and I generally don't stay up that late. But it is always worth ratching.

Tonight, Wednesday, March 28 at 11:00 PM ET/PT, Governor Bill Richardson will be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Will he flop or shine? Will he wow with his resume or will he come off flat? Personally, I hope he rocks and picks up some support.