A Sigh of Relief

The past two presidential elections have been nail-bitingly close. Luckily for us Dems, I don't think we'll have to worry about the Green Party tipping the scales in favor of John McCain this year as they may have done with W in the past.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:

Cynthia McKinney!

To be quite honest, I do not see the logic in appointing an African American woman with such a rich history of congressional controversy to run in the face of the first African American democratic nominee. Is the Green Party trying to divide the solidified African American voting bloc, that has poured into voting booths in record numbers to show their support of Obama? Not to mention how very hard the Obama campaign is working to solidify the women's voting bloc? It seems as though if McKinney was to attract some sort of following (which she won't), the votes she'd be taking from the Democratic party are the votes we need the most.

As I said, I don't envision this appointment to have much of an affect on the race at this point. In fact, after taking so much heat for the '00 and '04 elections, it makes sense that the Green Party would nominate someone that will seemingly amass a fraction of the already staggeringly low .1% of Green Party voters that took to the polls four years ago.