The Best Candidates and Presidents are like Great Coaches

This, in a nutshell, sums up the inherent differences between the two candidates.

"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their players and motivate."

- Vince Lombardi

In light of Xeoroxgate, I should reveal that I came across this quote most recently at Al Giordano's site The Field.  

Whenever I hear the current arguments/rants for a HRC nomination, I have to pause and really strain to unearth a lucid, positive explanation for why HRC should win.  More often than not, pro HRC forces have focused on questioning the wisdom of voters in small states, red states and asking "How could so many people have been fooled by someone who has only been in the city of Washington, DC for 3 years?"  If that sounds like the lamest argument for becoming the Democratic Nominee that you've ever heard, you're not alone.  

What great coaches like Vince Lombardi understood was that motivation and inspiration are what separates great coaches from the rest.  If we are to believe HRC, then she possesses the only policy playbook (based on "35 years of experience") that will solve the problems even if the argument conveniently ignores the fact that a playbook alone means squat when you have an inept QB that alienates half of the offensive line, leaving you with nothing to work with.  In such a scenario, what you get is a QB scrambling around throwing up hailmarys.  

Effective presidential candidates don't simply outline their playbook and then proceed to try to run out the clock beginning in the 2nd quarter, all the while complaining why the hell the opposing team even showed up.  Barack Obama showed up with inspiration and playbook in hand.