PALMER IS THE MAN

Of course he got killed off in last season's tv show 24. But sometimes it seems that's the way we like our Presidents.

Except Clinton. Bill, that is. Can you imagine him as First... er Gentleman? I thought his wife stretched to the modicum First Lady, but c'mon.

Maybe she'll only be the Veep. Then I don't know what to call Bill. Bubba, I guess, but I never did think that filled the bill(pun).

Obama? Is that his first or last name? I get them mixed up. Obama Barek. An American President? Barek Obama? What happened to names like Abraham and John and Paul and George and Ringo? Ok, I got a little carried away.

Only McCain on the Republican side sound much better. President Rudy? Mitt? But then the Bard, with a solid sounding name, told us what's in a name? So it shouldn't matter.

But David Palmer sounds presidential. The others don't.