I am listening to Harold Ford Jr. on MSNBC discussing an Obama - Clinton ticket. He is assuming that having Clinton as a VP will combine the voters for each into one "super ticket". I believe this logic is flawed. First, I do not believe that all of the Clinton voters will vote for Obama. Second, I believe that many of the Republican voters who have crossed to vote for Obama would be turned off by having Clinton on the ticket. Finally, after Clinton has pursued a "scorched earth" policy against Obama it would be a political liability to have her suddenly "flip flop" and become party of the ticket. (continued)
Clinton’s claim that she would ask Obama to be the Vice President is a most arrogant and cynical strategy. First, it completely ignores the election results and the delegate count. Clinton, after Wyoming, seems to need somewhere around 65% to 70% of the remaining delegates. Even in her “firewall” states where she once enjoyed a 20 point lead and on which she place so much importance, she did not even get 60% of the vote. Obama is the most likely candidate to have a delegate lead by the time of the Convention and HE will be the one selecting a Vice President. Second, in the extremely unlikely event that she were the nominee, she would be under no obligation to offer Obama the vice presidency and he would be under no obligation to accept. This is an empty offer. (Continued)
Hope is not found in a desire to relive the past, hope is found in the courage to live in the present and embrace the future.
Clinton’s campaign is calling for a return to the past. She believes that a Clinton nomination will lead to a democratic White House and a return to the “good times” of the 1990s. (This also seems to imply an expectation that America and especially the GOP will forget the not-so-good times in the 90’s and the fact that President Clinton was so discredited by the end of his second term that he was seen as a liability to Gore’s campaign.) Somehow she believes that her election can reverse the rampant globalization that started during President Clinton’s term and continues through the corporation-dominated government of Bush 43. (Continued)
This election has been explained by the pundits as an issue of gender or race. I believe that the issue, not only in our party but across the nation, is one of establishment versus anti-establishment candidates. I offer for evidence the expected nomination of Sen. McCain, the tenacity of Rep. Paul's campaign, and the Obama movement. (continued...)
The Democratic voters of America are coming in droves to the Obama movement. I was at my local caucus in Washington State today and large numbers of new caucus goers were coming out, many with their families, to add their voice to the chorus of "Yes We Can" that is crossing this great nation of ours. The number of people who were willing to stand up and speak publicly for the cause of hope made me realize that I was not alone in believing that we are participating in a renewal of American values of historical proportions. I am proud to be an American, proud to be part of the Obama movement, and ready work in the cause of change.
Of course, the question is, even if Senator Obama wins a majority, even a large majority, of the popular deligates, could the party elites try to end our movement through superdelegates and through an unfair seating of the delegates from Florida and Michigan? (continued...)
