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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Some ivory tower university sobotoria might burn...
But he kept instructing people to vote for her long after it became apparent that she was stronger than Obama,
A lot of voters see what he really is - and like it.
...due to the fact McCain has made it clear he despises them and doesn't need their votes.
Just clarifying things.
No, you did not “clarify” anything. There was nothing unclear in my post.
It's what I like to call the Battle of the Victimologies.
Money is no object.
I’m sure Hillary can pay off her campaign debts through book tours and lectures.
Note the headline; “Fear grows”. Howabout “optimism over
Obama losing”. That’s my headline.
The great fear is Obama the bumbler could be
elected.
“And of course McCain is hampered by the fact that many conservatives will not come out and vote for him.”
Given his health and age, should he pick a young, hard core conservative VP, he’s got my vote.
Obama is Palmerizing Hillary.
He is trying to rub Hillary out just like he did with Alice Palmer. He had Palmer’s petition signatures challenged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_J._Palmer
Obama is a sexist.
“I’m ready to put out my Baraq Hussein sign. But I’d like to see ReCreate ‘68 take it to the streets first.”
We’re liable to overdose on schadenfreude before this is over. Obama: Dem Party’s biggest loser since Jefferson Davis.
Yes, and to great effect! Obama is an even weaker candidate thanks to the extended Democrat primary. Rush played it perfectly.
Not when the videos of his wife and the questions about the music minister surface.
Barack Hussein Muhammad Obama (PBUH) could be photographed with a live boy and a dead girl in his bed and still receive the support of the Kool-Aid drinkers (99% of blacks, latte liberals, college kids and the media). IMO, dozens of cities will burn if BHO doesn't receive the democratic nomination! I don't know what's going to happen when he loses to John McCain, but that's a separate issue.
Disenfranchising voters and stealing unearned Delegates for the Messiah is now called “Change You Can Believe In!!”
“If the superdelegates switched back to Hillary, cities all across this nation would burn.
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hey will burn if McCain wins. Some people like to riot.”
OK. Bring it. That doesn’t say much about the citizenry. However, we cannot let fear of violence control elections. What are we? Myanmar? Kenya? Sierra Leone? Do those who claim to be CITIZENS of this country place so little value on the free exercise of their citizenship that they would throw tantrums if they don’t get their way?
Here we go again. I can expect out of state license plates galore now. I have seen a few.
The thing about hicks is we can tell s$!t from shinola. You coastal folks out there can just go right on sashaying around with your fancy talk.
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