Some great quotes...

Have to admit that am loving the US Presidential race at the moment. As well as being wide open on both sides, am currently loving the West Wingesque story line & retoric of Barack Obama.

Am also loving the sound bites coming out of the US Primaries...a few of my favourites over the last couple of days:

1. Andrew Smith, a political science professor at the University of New Hampshire, explains Mrs Clinton as the "eat-your-vegetables" kind of candidate, pointing to her experience and telling voters what will be good for them. Mr Obama is offering "three kinds of ice-cream".

2. Walter Shapiro, an American political journalist, tried recently to define the presidential candidates as countries. Mrs Clinton, he said, was "Canada - safe, boring, responsible but with a great healthcare plan". Mr Obama was more difficult: "A mythical kingdom where hope prevails and everyone wears a smile button."

3. "At the New Hampshire annual diner on Friday night he [Obama] pulled a trick no one had seen before, controlling his audience as a conductor does with his orchestra - switching applause off, for instance, with a singly movement of his hand. One ally compared him to Luke Skywalker in the movie Star Wars, slowly learning how to 'use the force'".

4. In David Aaronovitch's great piece in The Times today ("Never underestimate the misogyny of the American voter") he writes: "Imperfect as she is, Hillary Clinton is also on the side of the global angels, and is super-competent and super-serious about the presidency. If she were a man, she were loved, there would be no question about who should be nominated. But if she can't get over the vagina thing, and it were Mr Obama in November in November, then I would happily take him against any republican, except, maybe, John McCain. Just dont expect me to gush."

Guess we'll see.