New York, New York

With regard to the presidential election of 2008, it seems as if everything is coming up New York. From Bloomberg to Clinton to Giuliani, the New Yorker's are at the gate...on your mark...get set...go!

Why should New York be the breeding grounds of so many presidential aspirants? One only has to go back to the last presidential election to find that a candidate was doomed if he came from anywhere outside of the Heartland.

You would think that a person from New York City would be a great candidate now that Bush is out of the picture. Almost anyone associated with the state has some association with 9/11.

It's as if being from New York City or even New York state has a certain courageous ring to it--an I-survived-and-even-thrived the biggest terrorist attack in the United States kind of aurora. Bush had that aurora cause he was president during the attack. Clinton, Giuliani and Bloomberg have it because of their association with the state and/or city.

McCain, Romney, Edwards and company don't rate with respect to this point.

But what about frontrunner Obama?

Is he above the 9/11 fray? How can he make points with regard to protecting our country when he isn't associated with that stricken day?

Perhaps he'll have to pump some New York into his bloodstream!