From our friend Hank:

From: Hank
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:49 AM
To: 'oped@washpost.com'
Subject: To The Editor

“Gore & Obama: An Unbeatable Team!”

I am totally convinced that a Presidential election pitting Hillary Clinton against any of the Republican candidates would lead to Ms. Clinton becoming the first woman to occupy the Oval Office in 2009. But is Hillary the right person for the job? While the former First Lady is certainly smart enough to be President, I have my doubts about whether Ms. Clinton would be able to look past her glorified image of herself and govern fairly and compassionately. Hillary Clinton is an opportunist of the first order. She stayed with Bill to cement his support for her run for the Presidency. She voted for the Iraq war but says Bush did not go far enough, and she breaks with her party on calling the Quds force in Iran a terrorist organization in order Ito look strong compared with Giuliani and Romney. Ms. Clinton has never run anything: Not a city, a state or even a municipality. Her eight years in the White House do not make her Presidential timber, and her six years in the Senate have not convinced me that she is up to making the hard decisions a President must make, alone.

Al Gore on the other hand, has the experience and nationwide recognition to lead and unite the country after eight horrific years of Bush. He has added greatly to his luster with his excellent work on Climate Change, and his Nobel Peace Prize for that work has earned him high levels of international praise and respect. With Barack Obama, a shining symbol of hope, change and what America at its best could be, this pair would be more than capable of cleaning up the Bush mess, working in a bi-partisan manner with Congress and initiating dialogues with our allies and enemies across the globe. This is the “Dream Team” of politics for the early twenty-first century, and I hope it can actually happen this election cycle.

I admire Hillary Clinton, but I fear she is far too divisive and self-centered for the Presidency, especially at such a critical time in America’s history.