Posted on 05/31/2008 10:21:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With senator Barack Obama poised this week to clinch his party's nomination for President, there are growing fears in some quarters that the Democratic party may not be choosing its strongest candidate to beat Republican John McCain.
Senator Hillary Clinton has been making that argument for weeks. Now some recent polls and analysis, looking particularly at vital battleground states and support among white voters, have bolstered her case - even as Obama looks certain to become the nominee.
Obama supporters reject this argument and point to his record of boosting Democratic voter turnout, especially among the young. But sceptics in the party, already nervous about nominating Obama after the furore over outspoken pastor Jeremiah Wright, are growing increasingly concerned. 'There is an element of buyer's remorse in some areas. The question is whether it gets really strong now or in September - or even after the election is over, if he loses,' said Steve Mitchell, head of political consultancy Mitchell Research.
Another boost to Clinton's case came late last week after a pro-Obama preacher gave a race-tinged rant against her at Obama's church in Chicago. In a recent sermon Michael Pfleger - a long-term Obama backer who is white - mocked Clinton as an entitled white person angry at a black man having beaten her. His angry, red-faced speech, in which he mimicked Clinton weeping, was played repeatedly across American cable channels and the internet.
The news sent shock waves through Democratic circles; many had hoped Obama had put 'pastor problems' behind him. 'It is more of the same problem as Wright. It reinforces the image among some voters that Obama does not share their values,' said Mitchell.
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I would’ve welcomed a Freudian interpretation of the dream, rather than one Emeril could have come up with.
:>)——meatloaf rules. ps—is what I did even an emoticon? I never use them.
wait’ll the rest of the you-know-what hits the fan with hussien!!
Look at it this way, all these issues that have plagued Obama is going to help McCain get in by default.
The truth is that Obama is simply damaged goods. These recent preacher erruptions prove it. In the GE, he WILL BE TOAST.
Obama, IMHO, is TOAST.
Better get ready for a long, hot summer.
Heaven help Americans if these RACISTS get into the White House.
As I have said, that former church is going to haunt Obama to the help of Sen. McCain.
Damn, I need a hat like that!
I know of a few where the Obamanation campaign spends time....
state of denial
state of confusion
state of disgrace
I’m wondering what are the names of the Obama Annex States?
51.....Obamanation
52.....Farrakhan
53.....Lenin
more?
btt
There are the 7 extra states.
Puerto Guam, Virgins, Attu, Rico Suave, Gasdens’s New Mexico, Aztlan, and Double Secret Probation Western South Virginia.
no more i just threw up a little in my mouth
no more i just threw up a little in my mouth
That's racist!
Not in Texas. We have special laws regarding deadly force during insurgency or weather emegencies.
Well, as Freus might say, “Sometimes a meatloaf is just a meatloaf.” Your emoticon is just fine........;^P
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