It just kills the Democratic Party elites that Obama is staring down Hillary Clinton. I have nothing but respect for Bill and Hillary Clinton. The modern Democratic Party owes them a tremendous debt of gratitude. But it is a new day in America: new faces abound, new ideas beckon to be tried, new thinking on policy is making its presence known. So it should be no suprise that Obama is doing so well.
He raised $25 million dollars in the first quarter of this year - far more than what the political pundits and talking heads expected him to do. He has over 100,000 donors, more than double Hillary Clinton's number - again, far more than anyone expected. He is drawing enormous crowds in Red States and Blue States: 20,000 in Austin, TX; 14,000 in Oakland, CA; 11,000 in Los Angeles, CA; 7,000 in Cleveland; 5,000 in Oklahoma City; and so many other cities are turning out big numbers to see this great man.
If you are beating down your opponents in attracting dependable campaign donors, have more money - AT THE MOMENT - to spend on next year's primaries than any other Democrat in the field, and, have a magnetic and easy going personality that is winning over the country, why would you subjugate yourself to the Vice-Presidential position? It makes no sense.
Obama has written or co-written over 40 bills in just over two years in the U.S. Senate. And, lest we forget, he did spend 8 years in the Illinois State Senate. So he has the experience. That's a decade worth of political experience under his belt. The Obama-HATERS just need to take a chill pill. If not Obama as the president, who? If not now, when? We need a presidential ticket that will speak to the color-specific differences that make us unique (because they exists and are real), as well as the color-neutral commonalities that bring us together. An Obama/Hillary ticket would do just that.
If the last three months are any indication, I believe 2008 will witness our first African-American President: Harvard educated. Family oriented. Universally loved and respected.
BA-RACK the Vote
(Also, check out www.obamarama.org).
