Thursday, May 8th, 2008...6:12 am
Hold Off On That
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Ah, funny thing this politics.
The line from many pundits (and two Barack Obama supporters I talked to) is that Obama may not want Hillary Clinton to drop out yet.
The reason is her lead in West Virginia and Kentucky, two of the states which vote next week. Obama being beaten by active candidate Clinton in those states would be okay. Obama being beaten by former candidate Clinton in those states would be a problem.
If Clinton quits the race before the convention, she should do it in a way that does honor to the enthusiasm of her supporters and the historical nature of her candidacy. This also points to her staying in when she’s got two sure wins in front of her.
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May 8th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Why in the world would Hillary drop out of the race now? She is winning states, not to mention the fact that voters in these other states are feeling “the love” for the first time–when have people ever campaigned in West Virginia? How disappointing for those states who went early thinking they wanted a say in the process–seems like being last has become the next best place to be!
The fact that people have complained for years that their votes haven’t counted are thrilled to actually have a say in what goes on–not to mention that the more you know someone the more dirt you find out about them.
The pundits need to calm the heck down and allow democracy continue. They are so focused on “group think”–where people just jump on board with a front runner, that they fail to mention the fact the Obama just lost a state he was suppose to take by 7 points!
I think the better question would be to ask the media what do you have against democracy and people making up their own minds?
May 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Bridget-
One has to ask why it was only a few months ago Penn and company were telling people that this would be over in early February.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Well said Bridget, let the process work itself out.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Yesterday even though the media stated she had “no public engagements” had an enthusiastic “Generations of Women Event” in DC just on the eve of Mothers Day. (Sure wish I could have been there with my mom, grandma and little sister). Of course the media wouldn’t dare show her with a crowd of over a thousand women -unless they were all crying.
I just got a report and this was what was going on in DC prior to her deading to anther public event in WV!
Yesterday’s Generations of Women for Hillary fundraiser in Washington , D.C. was a smash success – drawing approximately 1,500 of Hillary’s closest friends and supporters to an historic event that re-energized our campaign and highlighted the indispensable contributions to this campaign of women across the country.
Three generations of women – and in one family’s case, five! – stood on their chairs, clapping and chanting and waving their napkins in the air as Hillary arrived to the tune of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman.” She was flanked by her daughter Chelsea, her mother Dorothy, the Ebenezer AME Church Choir and one of her greatest supporters, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, as she told the crowd, “I’ve been counted out more than once, but thanks to all of you I’ve come back… When I was counted out in New Hampshire , it was the women of New Hampshire who came back and said, ‘No, she’s not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Super Tuesday it was the women from California to Massachusetts who came and said, ‘No, we’re not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Ohio , before Indiana , we have always come back.’”
We cannot thank you enough for all of your hard work and support putting this event together. We simply could not have done it without all of you spreading the word, bringing your family and friends, and digging deep to give Hillary the come back you have always given her.
“Let’s Go Girls” - I am not giving up, just getin’ tough!
May 9th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Tedski–Americans need to go back to understanding that good things take a little time.
Penn & Company were wrong about the Democrats but right on with the Republicans. Super Tuesday pretty much did all the other candidates in on the Republican side–that is what happens when winner takes all the spoils. I am sure that the Romney, Huckabee, & Paul fans in Arizona wish their votes had counted. The Republicans would be going through the same thing the Democrats are going through right now had they used the same system of dividing up delegates based on votes received in each state.
But with the spoils all going to one candidate on the Republican side, as has been our tradiditon, how can you blame people from thinking it was going to be over after one big day of voting? Heck, Hillary would have walked away the front runner and people would be telling Obama to drop out if the Democrats were playing by the same rules.
With the general elections going the way of tradidion, winner takes all, it is important for the Democratic party to select the candidate that will win all the major states, regardless of popular vote. It is called a strategy not kum-by-ya. As we saw in 2004, the population doesn’t always know what is best–hence the re-election of Bush due to the immediate nomination of John Kerry.
It is important that the people understand the changes and that the party leadership make some good but tough decisions for the next step in the process.
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