One of my Daughters is Looking for the Perfect Storyline for Her First Best-selling Novel

Can You Imagine a "Hillary-Sarah" Candidacy Should Barack Decide to Step Aside and Let the Cracks in the Glass Ceiling Have Their Say?

After all, the Presidential Election process is only two years away and Barack Could nominate himself to become the Ambassador to the UN ... my daughter is capable of concocting a reason for him to do that in her first chapter--low Obama poll ratings, a substantial increase in ambassadorial salaries, Helen Thomas puts on the heat at press conferences, etc.

Under those circumstances, Hillary would instantly be able to swing her high standings in the polls to become the first female Democrat Nominee to become President of the United States. Besides her own excellent qualifications, her husband is often referred to as "Saint William" of past pleasant memories--the elders among you may remember that he left office with a balanced budget.

But there is a problem! Without a populist as her running mate, she could never beat the up-and-comin'-t'-git-ya Sarah Palin in the forthcoming (in the novel, of course) elections. But shock! Well-written, novel-plausible shock! Sarah (the Rogue, remember) switches parties and becomes a surprise Democrat in a prolonged season of dramatic and surprise party switches and ... well, I'll let my daughter finish the story.

She'd surely weave a subplot around Todd Palin inviting Bill, Monica and Chelsea to share his bobsled's seating space in an upcoming bobsled race and ... oh hell, I'm giving away my daughter's best-selling novel ...

Interestingly, if anything were to prevent Barack Obama from running in 2012 (God forbid), a Hillary-Michelle ticket could presumably (admittedly, with very low probability) emerge from a hotly contested primary season. I think I even prefer my daughter's upcoming novel's storyline to the all too possible real-world events that are at least in the realm of low probability events during the next two years.