On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:01 +0200, Daniel Carrera wrote: > A spokesman for Hillary says that she will leave the race and back Obama > for president: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7436989.stm > > I have to say "it's about time". Am glad she didn't drag this on all the > way to the convention, but I think she's already done some damage by > keeping the party divided for so long. I hope it doesn't cost them the > white house. I don't want another 4 years of McBush policies.
This primary was mild by most standards. What we had was basically a tie, due to the proportional delegate allocation. In a winner take all system by state, Clinton would have easily won on Super Tuesday. However, the Democratic party set the rules and Obama won under the existing rules. I see most Democrats getting behind Obama, once the passions of the primary cool down a bit and Democrats realize what a policy disaster McCain and the Republicans really are to core Democratic Party ideals. I do not think Clinton did Obama any significant damage. In fact I think she made him a better candidate by preparing him for what is to come. The Republicans will pull out all the stops this fall. We saw a preview in McCain's speech on Tuesday. McCain will attempt to stay above the fray, but he will let his surrogates do the dirty work of raising race and Obama's background as issues. We already see this in the false claim that Obama is a Muslim or he is not a "real" American because his middle name is Hussein. Clinton is doing the right thing by endorsing him on Saturday. Basically, the party leadership forced her to make that decision now. She will abide by it because she does not want to damage her future in the Democratic Party. It will be interesting to see what comes out of the horse trading with the Obama folks. Perhaps she will become the Majority Leader in the Senate which is a far more powerful position than VP. I think she will end up like Ted Kennedy as an extremely competent and beloved Senator. -- Smoot Carl-Mitchell System/Network Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 480 922 7313 cell: +1 602 421 9005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
