What's pointless and self-destructive to the Democratic party and the country is Obama's audacity of ambition. Three years ago he was a state senator, and for all his talk about change, the policies he puts forward are timid and half-baked, i.e., a "universal" health care proposal that leaves out 15 million people. The campaign for the Presidency is not a popularity contest. The mean-spirited, unfair treatment of Hillary Clinton by the Obamaphiliac press smitten with love for a man they hardly know, because he hasn't done anything except give rousing speeches, is a disgrace. This country made a dreadful mistake when we chose likeability over brains and elected George Bush. For God's sake, let's pick credibility over charisma this time. Hillary is the one.