Obama could pay a high price if he fails to put Hillary on the ticket

WINNING the Democratic nomination for president is now just a formality for Barrack Obama, and the smear tactics are already in full swing.

This week the New Yorker magazine, which has the reputation of being liberal, came out with a cartoon of Obama and his wife on the cover. They are in the Oval Office, with her looking like a latter-day Angela Davis toting a rifle while he is in eastern Muslim dress.

In the background there is a picture of Osama bin Laden over the fireplace and there is an American flag burning in the fire. The Americans may be tolerant about lots of things, but not burning the flag. The cartoon cover has provoked a firestorm of criticism, but as Al Jolson used to say, “you ain’t seen nuttin yet”.