Electable

Barack Obama picked up a key endorsement today. From Hilary Clinton: "Yes, yes, yes," she said when pressed about Obama's electability during a campaign debate six days before the Pennsylvania primary.
Okay, we can't really expect her to gush about his qualifications just yet, but it does start to right the Democratic ship, which has been rowing in circles in the middle of the lake for some time now. One would hope that they would save some of their fight for the road to the White House, not just the nomination.
Along those lines, Jon Stewart was making an interesting point the other night in response to the assertion that Obama was "an elitist". He asked, "Doesn't 'elite' mean good? Is that not something we're looking for in a president anymore?" Jon went on to say that he didn't want just someone who was "elite", he wanted someone who was "embarrassingly superior to me."
In a much related item, Bruce Springsteen posted a letter on his web site today, writing that Senator Obama "speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past thirty-five years." Flacks were quick to point out that Bruce also endorsed John Kerry in the last presidential election, and we all know how that turned out (heh-heh). A lot was made back then about how John's IQ was actually lower than President Pinhead's. Four years later, we see what leaving the Pinhead in charge has done for us, and one wonders if the elitist ketchup millionaire might have been a better choice after all. All I am saying, to paraphrase John Lennon, is give elite a chance.