It could happen.

Today I peer into the dim and distant past… I see myself sitting in front of the television with a cold drink in my hand. I leap up and cheer. I shout exhortations and advice. This is not however a sporting event but a Republican debate. The moderator has asked all the candidates the question. “What will your strategy be against Hillary Clinton in the fall?” None of the candidates had the foresight to mention the possibility that someone other than Senator Clinton would be the eventual Democratic nominee.
Since that time glaciers have come and gone. Tectonic plates have shifted, mountains have washed to the sea, others have risen in their places. In political time eons have indeed passed. Rather than the obvious Giuliani vs. Clinton contest Senators Obama and McCain have been all but anointed.
Almost everyone is assuming that, at their convention, the Democratics are going to nominate a man who’s main experience in life has been as a “community organizer”. It could well be that Senator Obama; this shining messiah has indeed risen through the world of Cook County politics and “liberation theology” unscathed. It is possible. It is also possible that a mighty leprechaun army will take over the world and proclaim me the “Magnificent Flying Monkey of Eternal Turpitude”.
Even I, a political outsider in the outer desert of Arizona have heard rumblings of impending political scandals. Names such as Larry Sinclair, Donald Young and Tony Rezko are being voiced. As I see it if the Clinton campaign has any more dirt on Obama it will come out shortly before the convention. If dirt is coming from the Republican direction it will be a literal and proverbial “October surprise”.