The political climate in our country seems eerie at the present time. It reminds me of a time warp where time is actually standing still. Our people are not doing well with the economy, oil and gas prices are still out of control, inflation is back, the war in Iraq is still raging and President Bush is off again to Israel and the middle east trying to put some teeth in the seven year old road map to peace that has existed in name only.
The news media is in a state of reruns concerning the democratic primaries repeating the same worn out stories over and over. Obama is trying to act like he has already won the democratic nomination and his speeches do not convey a knowledge of what the President's job is all about. McCain locked up theRepublican nomination a long time ago and is trying to find himself but like Obama has a hard time expressing himself. Senator Clinton is the only game in town campaigning just as hard as ever in W. Virginia which votes May 13 and talking about the real issues. The news media has already wrote her off and are covering little of her campaign in W.Virginia. If she is victorious there the media will make little of it.
It seems like the events have passed us up without really playing out. The Presidents lack of involvement in the affairs of the people are truly astounding. The media's rush to judgement in favor of Obama has placed them in the seat of judge and jury. As a country we are really lacking of direction at a time of need.
Senator Clinton seems to be the only elected official who is involved in the real world and who would like to give some direction to the country. She understands that the real democratic party, the American voters are not the ones calling for her to drop out the race. We should be thankful to our democratic voters for their involvement and Senator Clinton's willingness to fight for what she believes in.
4 comments :
Obama is trying to act like he has already won the democratic nomination.......
HE HAS!!! It's refreshing to see a candidate who is still fighting strong when all is lost, but in the end, all is lost. There's no forseeable way that Hillary Clinton can catch Barack Obama in the delegate count, popular vote or states won categories, even if you count Florida and Michigan (where Oama wasn't even on the ballot).
Her only hope is convincing the super delegates to overturn the vote of the people. Do you HONESTLY see that happening? Most of these super delegates face re-election bids themselves and know the backlash they could face for reversing the vote of the people.
It's also hard to convince the super delegates that you're more electable than the person who beat you in the primary. To prove you're more electable, you must convince them that you can woo more crossover Republicans and independents, a group that she's had trouble with in the primaries, not counting her Rush Limbaugh votes, of course.
In fairness, I would love to see a well written and believable scenario of how you think Hillary Clinton can win this nomination.
Anonymous is another one with a math problem. As of this day Obama has not won the nomination nor the delegates to be nominated. I know anonymous and the Obama supporters would love to see Clinton drop out, they would love nothing better than to see Obama not have any competition. The democratic way of electing candidates escapes them.
Argo said...
Anonymous is another one with a math problem. As of this day Obama has not won the nomination nor the delegates to be nominated.
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I'm sorry. You're right. All Hillary Clinton has to do is win 93% of the vote in the states and territories left to win the nomination but technically, you ARE right. It's not over!!
Delegates: Obama
Pledged 1612.5
Super 300.5
Total 1913
Needed 112
Clinton 1,442.5 276.5 1,719 306
Delegates: Clinton
Pledged 1442.5
Super 276.5
Total 1719
Needed 306
(2,025 delegates needed for victory)
Remaining:
Pledged 189
Super 219
Total 408
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