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Devolution: Are We Not Democrats?
I have been a Clinton supporter since it became clear that Gore was out.
This is based on my high regard for her abilities, intentions and
toughness, demonstrated over in the service of the only antidote -- however imperfect -- to the toxin that has become the GOP.
That antidote to which I am referring would be the Democratic Party.
I believe Obama would make a
much better president than McCain -- perhaps a "9.5" to Clinton's "10"
f rom my perspective. I also believe that both Clinton and Obama have used
every weapon at their disposal in their intramural contest, and that the
demonization of Clinton by so many Obama supporters on this site and others has reached shocking proportions. A "devolution" in our discourse, if you will.
I personally could not care less about Obama's association with Reverend Wright. Some other voters will not share my indifference. The fact is that there is now a very real question about Obama's viability in the general election. Witness today's polling numbers versus McCain -- and Hillary was already doing as well as Obama in that matchup.
Before you feel too sorry for Obama, think what a Rezko analog would have meant to Clinton's chances -- lights out.
Time to tone down the rhetoric to the extent possible and let this play out. After all -- Are We Not Democrats?
Comments (5)
Its too soon to draw a conclusion about the impact of the Wright story. I believe it will cost him some voters and also attract some new ones.
He is also going to win most of the primaries ahead because in this whole fracas, Hillary has not done much to win over Obama supporters. Her focus has been on keeping her supporters in places like Pennsylvania by putting down Obama. I think the Clinton campaign is once again underestimating the impact of all those victories for Obama between now and June.
March 19, 2008 6:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are we not Democrats? If you prick us, do our hearts not bleed?
Sorry.
March 19, 2008 7:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, thought of the Bard allusion as well -- but settled on Devo at the end -- dating myself, I know - cheers . .
March 19, 2008 7:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you injure us do we not sue?
March 19, 2008 7:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now that's interesting. Clinton's resume is so full of Rezcos that Obama hasn't raised that I can imagine Republican operatives sitting in the corner in rooms full of damning files just drooling and rubbing their hands with glee anytime Clinton seems ahead in any way. You think she's "passed" some kind of vetting? Not at all; she survived it as a bystander, and New Yorkers didn't care about her history when they sent her to the Senate. But you don't think we'll have a dozen new Whitewaters come up in the GE?
All the Whitewaters and whatevers are smears; she's been careful to stay on this side of the line of propriety, even if sometimes just by a hair. But I'd be shocked if her many business dealings and questionable donors don't end up weighing her down.
No matter what you say, most Obama-ites don't hate Clinton, and most Clinton-ites don't hate Obama. But there are a whole lot of Republicans who do and will, as they say, do anything to win.
March 19, 2008 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
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