It's finally official.  Hillary Clinton is a Democrat. "Hey, Arnold, did you just fall off the turnip truck?  Of course Hillary Clinton is a Democrat." Hold on there, partner, let me explain.  I know that Hillary Clinton is a member of the Democratic Party, whose nomination for president she seeks and will probably get. When I say it's finally official that she's a Democrat, what I mean is that she has finally gotten around to running her campaign along "traditional" Democrat lines. The amazing thing is that it took this long.  On the other hand, maybe not.  What started out as a sure thing became less so as Bernie Sanders's candidacy caught on. Throw in inconvenient truths about "deleted" emails and mishandled classified material. And then there's the fact that three other Democrats, Martin O'Malley, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Webb, also decided to run for president. Not to be ignored is...(Read Full Post)