What does Hillary want? To be president. How to do it? The surest way to make this happen is to get John McCain elected president.

If Barack gets elected and does well (in the political sense), it will be eight years before Hillary has her chance. If Barack gets elected and does poorly, a Mark Sanford Republican can win in 2012, pushing Hillary's coronation back 8 - 12 years.

Her best hope is to get a shot in four years by helping elect John McCain. Her supporters apparently may begin this effort in the next several days.

For the rest of us, we benefit from continued nastiness between the major candidates. A growing cynicism about the circus of politics could eventually lead to eye-opening realizations of the inherent limitations of government to run our lives.

/KDR