• For being really attractive, an expected move forward, and making it fun to improve ourselves
  John Edwards = Nintendo Wii
• For being a really good solution with enthusiastic support, but never quite feels right
  Dennis Kucinich = RIM Blackberry
• For showing us what we all know the future looks like but still making us wonder if now is the time
  Barak Obama = Apple iPhone
• For being expected and reliable
  Hillary Clinton = Tivo

LATER
Keep the comparisons are rolling into the comments…Al Gore = Ubuntu = awesome.

“In short, this is not a strategy to win, but one designed to keep not losing and basically pass this problem on to the next administration.” – Thomas P.M. Barnett

“…there’s lots to gain, and little to lose, in having the confidence of one’s own ideas to publicly debate the issues. At the very least, it forces people to make a better case for their own views, because the other side(s) will poke holes in flimsy arguments.” – Dan Gillmor

“We need a politics of generosity based on the reality of abundance as opposed to a politics of not-enough.” – Keith Ellison

The 2007 political races have already begun:

1. John Edwards announces his candidacy for POTUS on YouTube.
2. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of politics, my dad announced he’s running for 3rd Ward Alderman up northern Wisconsin over a phone call with me.

While the former was hinted at and could have been guessed. The latter came completely out of nowhere and showed me a whole new side of my dad. I’m excited for him.

Happy birthday to me – and good luck Dad.

Oh, and John Edwards too.

“The 9/11 reaction that sent us into Iraq was based on our need to kick the dog after a bad day at the office. The war never made any sense and the new Secretary of Defense always knew it. – brittb”

“Highly-skilled labor is very mobile in this global economy” – Thomas P.M. Barnett

Something to keep in mind when drafting legislation on what people can and can’t do in your state.

To Madison and Milwaukee, I’m sorry.

“Since he can’t defend the real world created by his policies and his decisions, Mr. Bush is inventing a fantasy world in which to campaign on phony issues against fake enemies.” – New York Time Editorial 02 Nov 2006