I remember in elementary school and junior high school (by high school  no one even cared enough to 'vote') the administration thought it would be cute or informative to hold elections for class president and other various cabinet posts.  I remember filing into the auditoriums to hear the candidates' speeches.  More than once I heard promises to end homework on Fridays, to get Taco Bell and Burger King in the cafeteria, to lengthen recess by 15 minutes, and to get televisions in the classrooms (this was when televisions were wheeled from class to class if a teacher had a worn vhs movie to show).  Some students with industrious mothers came to school with trays of brownies or cupcakes to hand out underneath large posters reading Vote for Emily or David for Prez. 

I think Hillary learned a thing or two from grade-school elections too.  She wants to give every child born in the US a 5,000 dollar scholarship.   I don't even want to try the math on that one.  My only question is who's gonna get taxed for that--the tobacco companies or the oil companies? 

Being that this is a competitive society, and the primaries still months away, I wonder what Obama and Edwards are going to come up with to counter this lucrative offer.  6,000 dollars?  Wholly subsidized tuition?  Chocolate milkshakes in the drinking fountains? 

Like the child running for president of Mark Twain Elementary School knows that his efforts will be thwarted by the teachers and principal, surely Hillary knows such an absurd thing will never get off the House floor.  At which point she can shrug her shoulders and say "well, I tried."

Except  she will be saying that from her seat in the Senate, while Mr. Romney (or, god willing Mr. Paul) returns his trusty veto quill back to its inkwell. 

[P.S
Attack at US Embassy in VIenna Thwarted! 
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_re_eu/austria_us_embassy_explosives;_ylt=AvOAii0inzKvk1Lr_U6rlZ.s0NUE]
This, after recent thwarted attacks in Turkey, Germany, and Denmark.  This time, a Bosnian was caught with a backpack filled with explosives, nails, and Islamic literature of "unclear nature." 
He's almost a century too late for Archduke Ferdinand. ]