Nothing destructive is going to come out about Hillary. Nothing has so far, nothing will. The media works in her favor. The recent bashings of Obama shows this to be true. Despite Obama’s momentum and delegate lead, Hillary Clinton will, in the end, win this nomination.
Now that Obama has been branded a “race candidate” instead of one who can transcend race, his chances of garnering superdelegate support is slipping. Already the superdelegates have been wary of coming out in support of Obama or Clinton, and I doubt there will be an official “tally of superdelegates” anytime before the convention. The fact is, now that the media (possibly on the Clinton’s behalf, and definitely to their advantage) has decided that the race card had to be inserted into the campaign to bring down Obama, he has little chance of winning the superdelegates over.
What good party hack that was going to vote for Hillary and only starts to consider voting for Obama won’t give a second thought about going back to the Hillary fold? Sadly, this is what I think the Democrat superdelegates will come to. Some might even talk of voting for Obama at the convention, but at first thought of him being a “racist” they will drop him and move back to Hillary in a heartbeat.
Hillary Clinton has won the Democrat nomination. If this keeps up, she might surpass Obama in the popular vote (though not in delegates) and will easily be able to convince most of the superdelegates to vote for her. If this happens, I do not know how Obama supporters will react. Will they vote for Hillary? For McCain? Would they accept Obama as vice president? Maybe my belief that only Al Gore could save the party from its imminent destruction will hold true and he will be “drafted” in.
No matter what happens, Hillary is strategically placed to win the nomination now despite being behind. The Jeremiah Wright association is going to make Obama lose. It is a sad state of affairs when the American people will choose their candidates based on associations and not on character.
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Assuming you’re correct, that’s the best news McCain could ever hear.
Sorry, but there is no way the superdelegates are going to overturn the pledged delegates; if they did, they would be blamed for the race riots that would occur in the streets of Denver. ANybody who doesn’t think there wouldn’t be such riots is dreaming.
Short of some monsterously bad revelation about Barack, he’ll be the nominee.
and if McCain had received weekly training from David Duke this would still be an issue.
Go cry a river elsewhere.
Mike,
They would consider it if she wins the popular vote, as I noted she might do.
Bluntly, do you expect riots if Hillary wins the popular vote and doesn’t get the nomination? I don’t and neither will the superdelegates. And such riots will surely doom the Dems chances in November.
No, I think riots will only occur if she loses the popular and delegate count but wins via bribing superdelegates.
Remember that there are private ways these candidates will try to bribe the superdelegates. Do you think Obama will go as far as Hillary? No, she will be the highest bidder in the end, and Obama being tainted with “race” makes it all the more easier for her now.
Remember OJ? I do not know the percentage of blacks in our nation but if it is ten percent, then Obama will get nine.
That is not enough to carry him however the younger folks believe differently than many incensed over the lack of courage shown by Obama in supporting America at all personal cost by denouncing with vigor Wright, rather than smudging his G’Ma.
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[...] Hillary has won the Democrat nomination [...]
This is ridiculous . . . Sure CNN (Clinton News Network) has been solidly behind her, but every other news organization, especially print media, has been at least fair and, perhaps, slightly pro-Obama for the past month . . . as they should be given his clear front-runner status and insurmountable lead in both pledged delegates and total votes. Even Clinton’s own workers now admit she has — at best — only a 10% chance of stealing, errrr, winning the nomination.
I’m not so convinced. Obama hasn’t “transcended race?” The media seems to depict him as that. While that might not be true, it’s the media’s depiction, and it’s what voters seem to see. Obama might not have the nomination, true, but Clinton certainly hasn’t got it in her pocket.
The national polls as recently as yesterday were showing Clinton with a seven point advantage over Obama. Unfortunately, they also revealed that McCain was rapidly closing the gap between himself and either Democratic nominee.
If Richardson’s endorsement constitutes a united front between Latino (Hispanic) and Black voters, Obama’s popular support will be make ‘the fix’ all that more difficult for the Clintons to pull off. As long as the average American believes he still possesses the power to affect political outcome though, attention can be diverted away from the unfolding economic realities.
Race riots will be a seemingly natural reason to impose martial law to effectively manage the poor’s desperation by the time they accurately assess their own worth in the overall scheme of things. By all accounts, it’s now only 60% what it was a year ago (inflation you know).
As long as media coverage remains focused on the campaigns, the socioeconomic consequences of the most sever financial upheaval in at least 30 years, is simply being left to the financial wizards to work out . . .
I don’t know. For some reason, I thought the apocalypse would be a little more exciting than it’s actually turning out to be.
Nothing is left to come out about Hillary? Barack has played nice. The Republicans will destroy her. Like what has Bill been doing all along? Or, will Bill just be running the country? Or what about Whitewater again? Tax returns? She was in the white house during Monica Lewinsky, maybe she knew and didn’t care? What about all that experience? Didn’t she lie about NAFTA? Believe me, the Republicans will not relent and they will enjoy it.
Democrats more than Republicans know the risks of nominating a candidate who can’t win. It’s been a bad 8 years and I’m not looking forward to another 4. Our country and our planet cannot survive the continued destruction.
WRONG!!!! The tide is going out for Hillary. “Times They Are A Changin.” Get on the train because it will not be the same!!!
If Obama’s campaign was smart, they would go dig up the press coverage when the original Clinton (Bill) was running for President and the original Bush (George H. W.) was saying that he had no experience. That would put a rest to the argument of experience.
As far as the race thing goes… Does anyone really think that there are no race issues in America? The 1960s weren’t that long ago folks.
Here’s something to chew on… How many families have been running this country for the last 20 years?
Hillary lied about Bosnia … and there’s video to prove it. Check it out here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iOsGo_HWP-c and here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IxVsdS887HA
If she wins, it’s because Obama wasn’t smart or cautious enough. No Republican would be allowed to get away with attending a racist church, and neither should a Democrat. If Obama hadn’t made such a big deal about his personal religiousity, he could maybe get away with this. But as it is, he’s been funding and supporting a vituperative, outspoken racist/misogynist for many years and has allowed him to christen his children, bless his house and was even married by him.
Smart candidates don’t give their opponents a weapon to hammer them over the head with. They get rid of ties like these. They don’t ask for personal favors to the tune of $625k from known mob affiliates under federal investigation. If the SDs move away from Obama, this is the reason. We’re going to have all Jeremiah Wright tv 24 hours a day if he is the nominee. That’s when we aren’t hearing about Tony Rezko.
As for Bill Clinton’s experience before he came to the White House – he’s been a governor for 12 years in high office before he became president – and executive experience is widely regarded as a more desirable background than legislative for the presidency. Obama, otoh, had 2 years in the Senate before he declared. Before that, he had worked part time in the state senate – and for those of you who are not from Illinois – that is a part time job. They meet approximately 75 days out of an entire year and do not meet at all for several months. So, no, Obama didn’t have anywhere near the experience Bill, or for that matter, Hillary had. I can think of no other Democratic nominee who has made it this far with as little experience as Obama actually has.
Uhhm, Obama has made his Christianity a big deal because his opponents are insinuating he’s a Muslim.
What experience besides failure has the Bushman had? He has a ring through his nose and has been led all the way. Obama has insight to everyday people of the world not just the 1 percent who rule it.
I leave for a few days and this is the sensationalism we’ve resorted too? I expected better from you, Lance. :P