Admit it! It's an interesting question.

    At the start of the year, both Hillary and the Brewers were expected to contend for the championships in the respective arenas.  However, it's now early May and both are sucking wind big time.  So who is in worse shape?

     No one can seriously argue that, once again, the Brewers appear to be on their way to some major league underachieving.  They are currently in fourth place in their division - closer to last place than to first.  They are already more games behind the division leader than they were all last year.

     On May 9, 2007, the Brewers were 24 and 10.  They went 59 and 69 the rest of the season to finish at 83 and 79.  After Thursday night's loss, the 2008 Brewers were 16 and 18.  This means that over the last year, the Brewers have gone 75 and 87!

     Hardly, the stuff that champions are made of.

     Maybe the Brewers will turn it around.  Maybe all the players who are supposed to be great hitters will start hitting (or at least stop swinging at balls in the dirt).  Maybe the starting pitchers will find a way to pitch more than 5 innings.  Maybe Ned Yost will really turn out to be a "Zen master" instead of looking like a guy who doesn't have a clue.

     Unfortunately, as the season hits the quarter mark, it's looking more like this was an over-hyped team that isn't really as good as a lot of us thought it would be or were led to believe it would be.  Nevertheless, we longstanding Brewers fans at least have hope - irrational as it may be. After all, there's always tomorrow. 

     If you're a Hillary Clinton fan though, I'm afraid that even hope is gone.  Talk about a campaign surrounded by the smell of flop sweat. 

     As a conservative, I've enjoyed watching Clinton and Obama engage in their little blood feud.  Still, after getting blown out in North Carolina and underperforming in Indiana, even I wish that Hillary would just move on to whatever her next life project is going to be.  I mean, this Presidential thing just doesn't seem to be working out.

     By mid-February, Hillary Clinton had already blown through well over $100 million dollars in her effort to become President.  Since then, she's dumped over $11 million of her personal fortune into her campaign - money that she's unlikely to recoup.  

      I suppose that by Hillary Clinton standards, the Brewers $80-plus million payroll doesn't look like such a waste.  Then again, I'm not sure the owner would agree.

     Regardless, Clinton's season in the sun is over.  Unless the Brewers turn it around quickly, they may also find themselves quickly exiting stage right.

     I'm not losing any sleep over the fact that Hillary Clinton is toast.  However, unless something changes quickly, I'm afraid that the 2008 Brewers will be also.  Now that would be a shame.