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When Hillary Pulls the Trigger
Mar 26, 2008 | 7:32 AM
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Pennsylvania is the center of the political universe now, and I'm here, totally preoccupied with a college tour for son #2. How's that for timing? But in between campus visits, I've watched a little TV and the striking thing is how Obama is outspending Hillary in political ads. Nearly 3:1. And Obama's ads emphasize his ability to stretch across the aisle and, in at least one of them, the Illinois senator chastises Republicans and Democrats for failing to get the nation off its addiction to foreign oil. Obama has also been trying to get independents to join the Democratic party and vote for him (Pennsylvania's Democratic primary is a club; you gotta be a Dem to vote in it).

With his pitch to independents and posturing to show that he's an aisle crosser (which is, by the way, very debatable), it would seem that Obama is Mr. Reasonable.

But wait until the Clinton's get going in this race. Remember it's still 3 weeks from April 22, the primary election day, and we haven't heard a peep from the Clinton folks on the TV or radio airwaves regarding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. With Obama creeping up in the polls (some show him narrowing Hillary's lead to five or six points) and Pennsylvania being a do-or-die state for Hillary, you can bet your bottom dollar we'll hear a lot about Jeremiah's intemperate rantings in the coming days.

Hillary is just waiting until she can see the white's of Obama's eyes before she pulls the trigger or has her surrogates do it for her.

Will the Democratic party be able to survive any more torture in this regard? Who knows. There are polls here in Pennsylvania of local Democrats that show that waters are so poisoned already that very sizeable numbers of Hillary voters would not vote for Obama if he were the nominee and vice versa.

If you're a Democrat, supporting one of the candidates, could you vote for the other one? Do you see a way out of this mess?
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John_Schwada read my blog view my photos
Apr 2, 2008 | 7:36 PM

jpapagan: you're right. it would seem inconsistent, even irrational, for a dem not to support the party's nominee given the fact that hillary and obama are really very close on the issues. and the schism and rancor between the two camps that exists now will almost inevitably cool down after the convention...rhe question is how much will it abate?
John_Schwada read my blog view my photos
Apr 3, 2008 | 10:50 AM

Excuse me. But aren't there any Democrats out there, other than jpapagan, to respond to the questions:

* if your candidate loses are you ready to vote for the other one?
* will you sit out the election?
* of the two, hillary and obama, who could best patch up the party as its nominee?
* are you confident the "other" candidate can beat mccain?
* give us an optimistic scenario for democrats winning the white house...
Chapman_JMC read my blog
Apr 4, 2008 | 12:24 AM

John,

Indeed, not too many dems here but me. So, for what it's worth:

* if your candidate loses are you ready to vote for the other one?

-Can't vote for Clinton, just can't do it. Yes, many of their issues are the same, but if Dems just voted on issues, we would've supported Kucinich, now wouldn't have we? The person does matter. Just like many Republicans voted for Reagan but Sen. Brownback couldn't even make it into the fall...

* will you sit out the election?

-Not going to happen. Obama will be the nominee. And, if some wicked force of nature occurs, I'll probably vote for Barr on the right or Nader on the left.

* of the two, hillary and obama, who could best patch up the party as its nominee?

-Though there are many on here who are clearly not too pro-minority, Obama would do much better than Clinton. Clinton is hated by half of the country, she maxes at 48%. Sure, Obama is un-tested Nationally, he could lose badly, but he could also win by 5+

* are you confident the "other" candidate can beat mccain?

-It could be close, but the Dems have the edge no matter what, McCain will look bad against either of them, and I'm not just some partisan...McCain's made so many gaffes over the last month, and they'll continue. Once they primary is over and it becomes a general, he'll look pretty bad. Put him in a head to head debate in the fall...the man's going to look old and out of touch (think Kennedy-Nixon to an extreme.) And, we'll see, but watch out for Bob Barr on the right, stripping away those conservatives.


* give us an optim
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