The fact that Hillary Clinton canceled all her public appearances today speaks volumes. As I watched and listened to her speech late last night, she appeared sedated. Her words, though not slurred, were spoken oddly. She knows it's over.
Barack Obama, much to the Knee Padders' and the Akron Beacon Journal editorial staff's chagrin, blew out North Carolina……AND kept it very close, too close to call for much of the evening,….in Indiana.
After last night's count is added to the cumulative running total….there's now no possible way for Hillary to win, outright, the Democratic nomination. It's impossible, not virtually impossible, but completely impossible for Hillary to catch up in either pledged delegate or popular vote counts….and that includes a potential Michigan and Florida seating of delegates. It's over. Mrs. Clinton said last night would be a "gamechanger". The only game it changed was hers. She's now lost her valiant, though hopelessly flawed, bid to become president.
Though she claimed victory in her speech from Indiana last night, the other parts of her talk were muddled and confused,…..saying she will be fighting all the way to the Convention…..at other moments saying she would help bring the Democratic Party together to defeat John McShame in November.
I feel just a bit downhearted for Hillary Clinton. She definitely is a fighter. However, it is also true that she and her husband cut their teeth on Lee Atwater-Karl Rove politicking and never looked back….and now it's all the Clinton's know. America, because of George W. Bush's utter failure and criminality, have moved to a post Karl Rove position. America is not buying the bull crap anymore.
I've mentioned several times that all the bull crap wasn't going to work this time. It didn't work last night in Indiana or North Carolina. Americans are rising to the occasion, dismissing the nonsensical misdirections over trivialities and smear by association tactics.
Despite the solemn tone, almost death-like from the Knee Padders last night, there's much to be excited and hopeful about with the prospect of an Obama presidency. Even though the David Gregorys and the Brian Williams and the Brit Humes will continue to service John McCain and the GOP base against Obama…..last night, at least, the smart-ass grins and smart-ass comments favoring establishment powers weren't as prevalent.
There will be no Obama-Clinton ticket, either. At one juncture awhile back I joked that the Republicans better hope the Democrats don't run an Obama-Clinton ticket……the GOP defeat would be…ummm….extremely humiliating…..but that isn't going to happen.
The Democrats now have a clear winner and the only remaining questions left for Barack Obama are, who will his VP be, and how badly he will trounce McShame this fall.
So please conservatives, Knee Padders, The Beacon…..spin away. Talk race and Wright and Ayers and Muslim names and flag pins and all the rest…..knock yourselves out…….stay planted in the old 20th century juvenile politicking garden. The only embarassment will be brought on yourselves.
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I'm disappointed Obama couldn't pull out a win in Indiana. He had his machine working overtime in Gary, but to no avail.
Are there any Daly's around he could bring on as a running mate? A Daly could get the local precincts in line more effectively.
I heard one really great foreign policy speech by Barack Obama that made me comfortable with him. I believe that he has what it takes to pull together the nations that need to be pulled together to solve the conflicts that threaten our national security. Those problem areas are Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and the quagmire-that-should-not-have-been, Afghanistan. His presidential message stands in stark contrast to the blustering, belligerent, blastphemous message of George W. Bush and his perverted lieutenants.
There is work to be done for Palestine and Africa, too, and I only expect fairness and interest from a President Obama.
Big wins for Obama in states he wont win in November!
i for one am glad that obama is about to close the deal
it's to bad so many people are afraid of him cause of the color of his skin..or his pastor
oh i know everyone on this board will denie it !!
but if you get past the BS of thr rev right and actually listen to
the canidate-
obama makes the most sence- and as i suspect he will be
the canidate most likely to reach across the isle to moderate repubs
and actually work for the good of the country as a whole
mc clone is the same as bush-Bad Choice
hillary will have all of Bill's old political buddys
so if want to change the way this country is going
we need new people in charge–
go Obama
Ben: While traditionally N.Carolina and Indiana have voted GOP, at the same time, the GOP has never had such criminal representatives in the White House and Congress.
The GOP just lost a blood red Congressional seat in Louisiana that gave Gingrich a case of the vapors.
A 40 state Obama win is very possible.
Obama could easly take N. Carolina and compete in Indiana.
Just look at Virginia. Once a red…..now a blue.
Obama is barely squeaking by Hillary even though he's getting 90 percent of the black vote. That advantage will be cut in half during a national election.
What you always seem to leave out of your rantings is the fact that it will be nearly impossible for Obama to 'win the nomination outright' as well.
Not true.
He won more states, votes and pledged delegates. Super delegates will put him over the top. All the way it should be.
And let's understand something her. Only a third of North Carolina Democratic voters are black. It wasn't simply blacks who were responsible for Obama's big win.
Furthermore…..the GOP has 71 year old McCain….with two thirds of the country wanting change.
The butt kicking this November will be cause for celebration.
That's my point exactly, Reverend. He's getting 9/10ths of 30 percent now. In the fall, that will translate to 9/10ths of 15 percent.
What does 'winning outright' mean? If every superdelegate opts for Hillary, that victory would be just as outright since rules are rules.
You're correct on the superdelegate options. Problem is, they're breaking towards Obama.
I guess I don't follow your 9/10ths of 30 percent thing…..and I'm good at math. One million new Democratic voters registered for this election. Young voters will swarm for Obama, so will Independents, some Republicans, and all other non-racist whites. You might as well face it now, McCain will be a sacrificial lamb.
Then Obama and the Democratically controled Congress can start the long process of repairing what's left of our democracy.
Rev–It is tiresome and blatantly false for you to keep on that old school schtick that people are racist if they don't vote for Obama—I think he would be a good Ambassador, if anything at all, but not President. It has absolutely nothing to do with race, as I look at Obama as mostly white, anyway, regardless of the color of his skin–his background and half his genes are anglo. Further, that race card you keep bringing up when people counter you is real out of whack. Some of us are way beyond race.
Experience, intellect and fortitude, along with knowing what to say and how to say it in all circumstances are some attributes I would like in a President, which Hillary has an abundance of—and if you and all the other people like you think that being the wife of a President is not experience, I say you are way off base. I am certain that the wives of Presidents have always been their husbands' number one confidantes and their primary
motivators and advisors of first consult—and if you don't agree, then you are either clueless, self-absorbed or lying. Perhaps it is not spoken about, as it has never been manly for a man to admit he consults his wife, unless he makes do of it in a condescending manner, as in, "I have to ask the wifey first you know, or she'll never (fill in the blank) with me again"– and only those who are truly comfortable with their true masculinity would admit it with pride and without restraint in their voices. So, get off that schtick, man, it is ugly, less than truthful and unbecoming of you. And furthermore, if Obama wants to win and be a uniter and not a divider of the Dem party, then he should choose Hillary as his running mate—with that ticket, he would have a landslide plus 4 more plus another 8 for Hillary which would certainly put our country back on the right road again. So, quit offending those of us who choose Hillary first—we have legit reasons for our choice, too. Show some respect for a change.
It was a for instance going by the assumption that 30 percent of the voters in the dem primaries are black (which I have no idea). He often gets 90 percent of those, thus 9/10ths.
If the number of voters is doubled, as in a general election, he'll get 9/10ths of 15 percent of the voters rather than 30. He'll still monopolize the black vote, but it will help him half as much. I don't know how else to explain it without pulling a Hillary and being called a racist.
As for repairing our democracy, I don't think I'd trust any dem to do that at this point. They prefer following party rules to counting votes.
Rev- The black population of this country is roughly 14 % of the total or 36 mil—of those, half are children who cannot vote—of the 13 mill. or so that are of age, many are incarcerated–so if , let's just ere on the side of the bigger number of 20 mil black voters and all vote for Obama—then add in 3/4 of the other half of the dem voters and some independents and a few repubs., it will not be enough to elect Obama. The repubs will win again and we're stuck again. But, if he chooses Hillary as a running mate, and she accepts, then the Dems will win and win big—because she will bring along most of the reticent white vote that wants to see her in the big office—especially if Obama directs her to to do the health care thingy. My math may not be correct, but the point is, Obama cannot win this election even if he gets all the black vote plus half to 3/4 of the white dem votes—that is Larry's point, I assume. At this point in the cycle, I would say it has become more about the Party winning the election—unless we really think we can survive another bout of getting beat up by republican mismanagement of our government—I can't. We need to get on the same boat here, regardless of personal preference. Then again, those stealthy repub. oppo. research people probably have more crap on Obama which they are holding back from assaulting with until they can effectively kill off the Dem. support of him in giant numbers. I would not put it past them to do so and with giant grins on their faces.
2 cents:
"because she will bring along most of the reticent white vote that wants to see her in the big office—"
Why are whites "reticent" to vote for Obama?
"My math may not be correct, but the point is, Obama cannot win this election even if he gets all the black vote plus half to 3/4 of the white dem votes."
This is for larry also….I don't know what you guys are talking about. Democrats will rally wholeheartedly for Obama. We're talking about defeating the third term of Bush here. 80% of the country believe we're on the wrong track, 65% want us out of Iraq, the nation wants CHANGE. Do you see McCain as a change agent? Absolutely not. Neither will the rest of the country.
Yes, there will be white folks who won't vote for a black person….same is true for voting for a woman. Neither of those are the point.
The Democrats have two wildly popular candidates. I've never witnessed this in my life time. Both candidates are "firsts".
I prefer Obama, 2 cents prefers Hillary. Ain't that America.
Finally, spinning this primary or the general in terms of black/white is the wrong thing to do…..that's why the main media is already, and will continue, doing it. That tactic will not work for the establishment-right this time. Americans are tired of the stupid baiting and gotcha games. Truly they are.
Rev—My point is that you are the one who keeps race in the forefront, as though race is an issue here—it is not. White worker voters are reticent because Obama is not qualified to be President to them and Hillary is. She has plan , detailed plans that address their issues, such as health care where people like me won't have to embarrass themselves by waiting until the last minute to present ourselves at an emergency room with long-standing health issues that are now in the chronic stage. You are the one who is gloating on and on about "It's All Over for Hillary" in your rude, in-your-face way and have been since I've been reading you. You have chosen to ignore the irrefutable facts about Obama and his corporate ties to the Republican owned media and oil industries and his other ties as well. Now that you have put down those of us who do like Hillary, over and over again, you want us all to get on with the election as though November were tomorrow. Why have you chosen to be conciliatory towards us now and not so before, acknowledging truths that you are evading? I find that to be phony and quite arrogant, as well. Right now, I am in this phase of depression over the whole process and trying to get used to the idea that my vision of what America should be will not come in my lifetime—Obama cannot do it. He will be rail-roaded and blocked and he'll make error after error in his practice presidency—or he won't win at all because there is more ugly sh*t that will come out at the last minute about him. He does not instill confidence in me. Not a bit. It has nothing to do with his race or gender but his choices and his smug attitude and the smug attitude of his devotees. I think their choices are less intelligent than mine and this will be proven over my life and my childrens' lives—I don't like the idea that he and his eventual team will be practising their policy ineptitude during my time here on earth.
With all the blatant female-bashing that I and my sisters have had to absorb and internalize during this campaign cycle, I don't think I'll ever like America again or the men and women who have taken part in it. I do not look forward to voting for Obama. I do not trust him at all.