On the Republican side, Mitt Romney’s campaign is starting to gain traction with a 3rd victory. The South Park guys put it eloquently. What we may see in the general election is a contest between Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton: two people that a majority of the American people can’t stand. Two people that voters have come out in huge numbers to vote against. Two people that represent what big money and Establishment credentials get you. Basically, it’ll be a vote between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich.

And all of this makes me cynical. It’s not about fancy words and high hopes. It’s not about those lofty words we keep hearing about: change and experience. It’s about believing that this time it can be different, that the cynics aren’t always right, that we can leap forward on a miracle. But maybe those are all just fancy, make-believe ideas for a fancy, make-believe world. So if Chris Matthews is right, if the cynics are right, then who knows what November will have in store for us. As for me, it’s a tossup between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich. And that makes me cynical.

Okay, sure, ol’ Bill won the presidency twice. Sure, he was the only Democratic president to win re-election since FDR. Sure, he presided over unprecedented economic prosperity. But ask yourself this: what has Bill Clinton done for the Democrats? I mean, come on…can anyone tell me one thing he’s done that has benefited his party? He lost control of the House and Senate. The Lewinsky affair, which was a real coup for the Republicans, has irreparably stained his legacy and the credibility of fellow Democrats. And nearly no one that was associated with the Clinton administration has been able to win public office in their own right…take Erskine Bowles, who ran twice for the Senate in NC and lost twice. In fact, the only person that has been somehow able to benefit from her association to him is Hillary. But the White House? Come on!