Obama, Edwards, Clinton

In the Democratic Iowan Primary, and in that order.

Considering that I'd vote for Kuccinich, if I were an Iowan Democrat, and that he told people to vote for Obama I'm beginning to wonder if Barack might be the man for the job, as president of the Empire.

Aderica, the land of madison avenue, hollywood and the industrial complexes, seems to be tipping towards progressive politics, at least in the Democractic side of the primaries. Obama, a man who has accepted money from corporations, even though he's stating that 'he hasn't accepted any lobbyist money' and that he's campaining for the grassroots, won the primary in Iowa. Interestingly, Edwards, the anti-corporate candidate, came in second, and then came Washington insider, Hillary.

That the Democrats will likely win the next election, if it's held fairly, an Obama/Edwards ticket looks promising. Edwards does have members of the military industrial complex on his foriegn policy team, and Obama is taking money from big farming corporations that want ethanol to take off as an alternative energy source (which it's not). Obama just voted for the new free trade deal with Chilie and other latin American countries. So these guys aren't ideal candidates by any means. But, at least judging by some of their actions (Edwards saying he hasn't accepted any corporate money), and definitely by their rehetoric (Edwards' 'anti-corporate', and Obama's grassroots buzz words), they would make for a far better team than Bush/Cheney right now, and I'd even put money on it.

I just wonder if these guys would be willing to actually pust some real participatory levers in place so that US communities could become more involved in the political process in a way that successfully override the present domination held by corporate lobbyists.