Right Pulse

Some speculation in the US regarding the consideration of a 3rd choice candidate for US Democrats, given that the nasty fight between Obama and Clinton does not look like ending any time soon. The main promoter is the number one talk back radio host in the US, conservative Rush Limbaugh:

Now, yesterday, I made my own pitch to the superdelegates of the Democrat party, as we initiated the doomsday phase of Operation Chaos, and it is clear after this debate in Philadelphia on Wednesday night that neither of these two can get elected. Obama is falling apart before our very eyes. The messiah characteristics of Barack Obama have been obliterated, and he has been revealed to be nothing more than your average politician who hasn’t yet acquired the experience sufficient to let him get away with all the lies that he tells. Mrs. Clinton is known by enough people that half the country hates her. They cannot win. So my pitch to the superdelegates, “You’ve got to get rid of these two. Somehow you have got to come up with a third candidate if you hope to win.”

Either way it is good news for McCain, who is a friend of Australia, as reported some time ago by SMH:

McCain is openly fond of Australia.

He was courted by former Australian prime minister John Howard and, according to the government sources, has a cordial relationship with new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

“John McCain is seen as a great friend of Australia,” an Australian government official, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of commenting on the US political race, told AAP.

“The consensus in Canberra, on both sides of politics I would say, it would not be a bad result for Australia if McCain became president.”

The more confusion and chaos that reigns in the US Democrats the better it is for McCain. It gives him a campaign head start and provides him a sense of certainty, integrity and direction in voters eyes. Now if I was a US conservative I would be no fan of McCain, but he is better for Australia than either Obama or Clinton by a long way. He is committed to free trade, an ongoing US military presence in East Asia and he recognises the importance of the US-Australia alliance. Enough said…