Obama, Clinton, Selma

A reader writes:

At this moment I am dipping into Hillary's speech in Selma, after listening to Barack's sermon. A few week's ago on Chris Matthew's Sunday morning show you talked about Hillary's "cooties," and that crystalized my problem with her. I agree with most of what she stands for, (and I think she does actually stand for things),  but I gag when I listen to her. I cannot, cannot, stand to have her in my living room for four years. I can only hope that the time between now and the primaries is long enough for other democrats to feel the same way. 

On the other hand, Barack Obama's speech was so well crafted, so graceful in the way it answered unasked questions and deferred anticipated criticisms, so - well, to be honest, inspiring, that I stood up and clapped at the end, in the privacy of my own living room. It has been a very, very, long time since I've dared to hope this much about a political figure.

Ah, yes. The audacity of hope.