I salute Hillary Cinton for her campaign for president. She has opened the door for many women to persue higher offices in the future. The notion of a woman as commander in chief is more realistic now than ever before. In her speech she said the glass ceiling now has 18 million cracks which is a great line in what was overall a fantastic speech. It must have been hard for her to deliver such a speech knowing she was ending a great run for president.
However the same glass celing is in place for minorities. Barack Obama has severely cracked if not shattered it. His dream is still alive. For the Clinton supporters to consider John McCain as an alternative to Barack Obama is almost a double standard.
I would hope they would band together as Americans and understand our economy is in terrible shape, the Iraq war seems to have no end, foreclosures have families searching for new housing and fuel prices are crippling many families and businesses ability to be on the road and take care of business. Can we trust that John McCain will do something different than the status quo.
Hillary's mission and platform mesh with Obama's well. There are subtle differences between them but not miles of differences that exist with McCain's platform. Reports of defections to McCain by Clinton supporters is for lack of a better word "crazy". Can we afford another four years of what we have now...if the price at the pump is any indicator then the question is no!
Yes I am using a word that I think George W. Bush coined or something like that.
What must Sen. Obama do to unite his "faction" with the Hillary Clinton "faction" from this primary race for the nomination. Can he do it without naming Sen. Clinton as his running mate.
Many of her voters were women and working class folks. She also had appeal in the latin community as well as the Catholic groups. Her constituency is strong and they have a voice. So will they follow her lead when she endorses Sen. Obama tomorrow in Washington, DC? This will be a big question. For Sen Obama to win he has to build bridges, fill the gap and assure many of his desire to take many of Sen. Clintons ideas and platform with him into the general election come November.
I hope all Democrats will come together and rally to the cause of taking the White House. We need a visionary with new ideas and someone who has a handle on modern issues and a sensitivity to address them as they should be.
Senator Hillary Clinton has run a great race for the presidency. Her campaign has brought women closer to the day when there will be a Madame President instead of a Mr. President. I salute her for everything she has done in her life as a public and private citizen/servant.
Now that she is ending her campaign and endorsing Sen. Obama its time to think about the options. With and without her as VP.
Her withdrawal should not come with strings attached. She as a good democrat should ask all of her supporters to give Sen. Obama the opportunity to win this race. He has run a great campaign and he is a visionary next to Sen. McCain.
She should also give Sen. Obama the independence to select who he thinks best to be VP. The stakes are too high not to give him the choice.
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow and Saturday. Sen. Clinton you did good now do good by Sen. Obama.
I admit, I had a early 8 year affair with the Republican party. This was at a time when the choice of candidates in 2000 and 2004 were not as strong as they are this year. Please forgive me for my temporary insanity.
Also the Republican party is in a mode of supporting the war in Iraq at the expense of many other important things such as the economy, taxes, energy and education. I support the troops in Iraq who were sent to a war that should have never happened. My heart told me to come home to the Democratic cause.
I am a little more conservative than our party nominee but I feel that my "Blue Dog" mindset will be more than welcome here. Now lets turn our collective minds and resources to electing Barack Obama to be the President of the United States of America.
When Sen. Clinton decides to step down I hope she encourages her faithful to come together without any strings attached. This election is too important to play around with.
Locally we must be active too. There are races all across the country with signifigant local impact. Remember our vote in our communities are as important too.
After some soul searching and looking at what being a Republican means these days it was clear to me that the interests of the Republican brand do not fit what I belive in my heart of hearts.
I am very much for the little guy who is struggling to make it on a middle class salary, the mother who is raising her kids on her own, the small businessman who is wondering how he will afford health care for his employees.
We live in a smaller world these days where we are connected in ways that only our forefathers would have never imagined. The people of the world look to our democracy as the beacon of progress and giving power to the people.
How we are able to be a moral compas in the world when we fail to take care of our own peoples basic needs. When our President seems to be more interested in going after a ruthless dictator who posed no real threat to us instead of going after a cult leader in the caves of Afghanistan.
Although I remain more conservative I know we need to do better in the world. As a Christian our leader must reflect the values of Jesus who showed us a new way. God calls for us to take care of the widows and orphans and others in need and also to inspire them to want to make a better life for themselves and their families. Doing a days work, going to a job and realizing the American dream.
Our president should do something about rising oil prices and our foreign energy dependence. Our president should do something about those who are loosing their homes because of corprate greed. He does not seem to be fully into our domestic agenda because we are spending billions on a war that is now a war that was not needed at all.
I am announcing that I have politically come home to be a Democrat. After a 8 year dance with the Republican party who seems to be weakend by a president who has no real solutions and the Republican candidate who might be more of the same I am not willing to take that gamble. I am switching parties and becoming a Democrat with a center/right lean. I belive them to be Blue Dogs. I also give my full support to Barack Obama. Man this does feel good.
Why is a 38 year old, white male from a conservative city who happens to identify himself as a Republican supporting Barack Obama? Sen. Obama is not known for his conservatism but more for his liberalism. My reasons are that he has a solid view on technology, education, faith and the economy. I do not agree with him on more social issues such as abortion and personal sexuality but I am not picky. Sen. Clinton is not the right woman for right now. She carries way too much baggage. Sen. McCain who I have respect for just doesn't seem to be doing well enough to carry the day in November. So I am supporting a liberal Democrat from Illinois by way of Hawaii. Life is funny isn't it.
