Were Hillary and Barack middle-aged to elderly white men ...

If Hillary and Geraldine weren't women and if Barack weren't black ...

I might be a Republican!

What Geraldine Ferraro said ... and what I have said in various conversations over the past year--totally without racism or gender issues--is true, damnit! If Hillary and Barack were older white men, entirely different candidates would be the nominee contenders today. That's not take a whit away from the down-to-earth logic of Hillary's pitch nor the enthusiasm and vision of Barack's candidacy.

It's simply the fact! Maybe in four or eight years, Barack would be a run-away candidate and maybe Hillary would do something in the Senate that would put her out in front in 2012 or 2016 ... but they surely wouldn't be candidates today were they both middle-aged to elderly white men.

So what's the big deal?

To be sure, Geraldine A. Ferraro resigned today from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign finance committee--but she remained as feisty as ever (she's lovable!) and totally unapologetic for citing Senator Barack Obama’s race as the decisive factor in his success.

But you simply can't erase the truth!

And BTW, I will likely vote for whichever one picks up the candidacy later this spring or summer.