Posted on 05/07/2008 1:07:59 PM PDT by Jbny
1. Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President. That was clear before yesterday; absent a complete and unforeseen disaster, its a certainty now. Democratic superdelegates will soon begin to break in large numbers for Obama. They have been wanting to do so for some time now; what they needed was a plausible trigger to justify publicly supporting Obama. Last night they got it. Yesterday in the voting booths of North Carolina, the last dog died.
The Clintons have done a lot of damage to our politics over the years, something which Obama tapped into with great skill. They have destroyed a lot of folks who they viewed as obstacles to their power, and so its good, very good, that they will not be returning to the White House.
2. Whether Hillary Clinton withdraws or not is a far less important question than it was 48 hours ago. She may formally continue in the race, but as last nights speeches made clear, the rhetorical swords will be sheathed. And there will be a lot of energy spent in the next several days negotiating a graceful exit for Hillary and Bill Clinton. That may not be easy. Many adjectives apply to the Clintons. Graceful is not one of them.
3. Democrats will begin to rally around Obama and, once Hillarydrops out of the race, he will take a large, perhaps even a commanding, lead over John McCain. In the last month there has been some talk among Republicans that Obama will be an exceptionally weak candidate, on the order of a Dukakis (loser of 40 states), Mondale (loser of 49 states), and McGovern (loser of 49 states). That wont be the case. Obama is far more talented and appealing than Dukakis, Mondale, or McGovern ever were.
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We know Mccain won’t fight! Good lord he is weak in the attack dept!
McCain's a flippin' socialist - just not quite to the degree of his opponent.
Then she will feed the supers the October surprise information that she has been holding back on Obama.
She's in it to win. If she weren't she wouldn't have loaned herself another six million or whatever it was.
He hasn’t had to attack. His VP will do the attacking.
Sarah Palin?
Do you think Billary are working behind the scenes to get the super-delegates to change their minds?
Also, once Hillary said that, technically speaking, the pledged delegates aren’t legally required to vote for the candidate they are pledged to. So, in the Clintonian world, they might try to pick off enough pledged delegates to throw the convention up for grabs.
The writer of this article appears to be posing as a savant. He brings to mind that compound German word, “Wolkenkuckucksheim” or “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
For Mr. Wehner, denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.
BTW, Petey, I’m betting 10 or less for BO.
The degree of difference between them is like Stalin and Hitler. At least obama is naive and will make more mistakes with opportunities to become another Carter. Hoping for another clinton Whitehouse? Come on.
Barrack Obama may be the democrat nominee for president, but until he wraps it up with a needed number of delegates, the race goes on. And so it should! Isn’t it bad enough that the democrats have nullified the voters’ preferences with the power of the ‘super-delegates?’ Isn’t it enough that the democrat party has given delegates independent power to overrule the voters’ poll booth preferences? Actually, when you think about it, the democrat party rules look a lot like the rules of Stalinist Russia. What real Americans need to ask is, are these the people we want at the head of our government? Are these the people we want in charge of our national defense? Are these the people we want making decisions about our health care? Are these the people we want deciding on our taxes, on our civil rights, on our ‘pursuit of happiness?’
That’s the analogy I’ve been using the past few months.
Ahh, so it’s a matter of degree.
Well, of course it is. All such things are a matter of degree. Candidates are rightward of others. Candidates are leftward of others. And one optimally supports the rightmost candidate who is viable in the general election. That won’t be Obama.
It doesn’t matter if people hold their nose. It doesn’t matter how forcefully they punch a chad. All that matters, ever, is the numbers. One supports the rightward most candidate who is viable in the general election. That won’t be Obama.
The third party types . . . should demonstrate their qualifications for running the country — by persuading majorities of the populace to vote for their candidates at the city council level, then the state legislature level, then the House, then the Senate. When they hold 1/3 of all these seats nationally, then they can put up a presidential candidate. Why this won’t happen can be summed up in one word. Ego. There is more ego involved than principal. People decide they are too important to be a state legislator and pay their dues.
Who is Hillary?
Buck up! Obama has NO legislative accomplishments and NO executive experience. The only thing Obama has ever done effectively is win elections.
If Obama is President, look for no action from Washinton for 4 years. Perfect.
Hillary, OTOH, is pure evil. Always drive a stake through the heart of the witch.
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