Black Box Report

We will learn soon enough who wins Pennsylvania and possibly who wins this bitterly fought Democratic nomination. But lately a thought has stuck with me amid all the last minute jockeying - what a bunch of disloyal rats choose politics for a career. Hillary will probably lose when it's all said and done, however, i heard the same thing about her chances before New Hampshire and also remember dirt being tossed on John McCain's campaign not that long ago.

But whatever the outcome, she deserved better from her so-called friends who give opportunism a bad name. Governor Bill Richardson stuck his pudgy finger in the air, felt the prevailing political winds blowing Obama's way and abandoned the man who gave him his political break, let alone spent his Super Bowl Sunday with. When it was good to buddy up with the Clintons, the governor was first to mug for the group photo. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is just as bad. Bubba gave him his big break as labor Secretary, and when times were toughest he put on his lifts and announced he was jumping ship.

The list goes on, but by now you get the point. Loyalty may have always been in short supply in politics but theses defections have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with gutless desertion. Poetic justice would have Hillary pulling out a shocking upset, but if nothing else she's at least learned who her real friends are.