Why do you think it is such a virtue to wait this out?
A: Sen. Obama is ahead of Sen. Clinton in every metric of this race. It will be almost impossible for her to win without either his delegates defecting or the superdelegates overruling the will of the voters.
B: Governor Richardson is giving Sen. Obama an additional boost, potentially helping him shorten the contest and give us more time to defeat Sen. McCain.
C: Gov. Richardson is leading the party by making his choice known, rather than meekly following the voters.
It is obvious that if Clinton gets the endorsement, she is going to want Obama
as her VP, anyway she will offer it to him first.
Richardson knows where his bread is buttered, you can't fault him for that.
But it doesn't give him any leverage, to help settle this
if it comes down to a statistical tie.
We have several states to hear from yet,
and I want to hear what my candidate John Edwards thinks..
Last one standing gets my vote,
we can't afford a continuation of the Bush policies
I am not sold on the fact Obama even has a chance to Beat McCain. There is a reason the GOP had been going full force after Hillary and are conspicuously silent on Obama. I wanna know that reason.
Hmmmm . . . I think I just thought of a post . . . Hmmmmm
Flash
News Flash, Flash:
Senator McCain was going after Senator Obama in "full force" (and ignoring Senator Clinton) until Senator Clinton's victories in Ohio and Texas (the latter of which is a bit dubious, as she won the primary and he won the caucus in the Lone Star State).
Senator McCain hit Senator Obama hard on "al Qaeda in Iraq" (which sounded more convincing before he recently forgot on three separate occasions that al Qaeda, a Sunni terrorist organization, is not from Iran, a Shia country). He also hit Senator Obama hard on his "eloquent but empty" speeches and his "lack of experience."
This happened with daily regularity for about three weeks...until the votes from Texas and Ohio came in. Now Senator McCain is sending political ammunition at the candidates with less regularity, instead allowing the RNC, his surrogates, et al, to do that, while choosing to go on a mini-world-policy-tour in order to look "presidential." It seems to be working; one poll this morning had him ahead of both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama (by about half a dozen points in each case) nationwide; I missed the polling organization, as I was heading out to get some work done, but it was reported on both MSNBC and CNN.
Senator Obama will most likely not choose Senator Clinton to be his running mate, and even if he asks her she may decline. Given recent media reports, it seems as though there is evidence of what I've suspected all along--Harry Reid may step down and offer the Senate Majority Leader spot to Senator Clinton should she look as though she won't catch up to Senator Obama in delegates.
Thus, if he wins the nomination, the younger Senator Obama will turn to the older Governor Richardson in some major context (V.P.?; Secretary of State?), given the governor's politically experienced background and his status as a Hispanic, a group of voters with whom Senator Obama is still struggling.
This makes sense for both parties. Yet, though I support Senator Obama for his international stances (he adheres to Governor Richardson's "New Realism in Foreign Policy" far more than McCain or even Clinton) your electoral concerns regarding Senator Obama may be well-founded. He may be too politically "ahead of the curve" for the U.S. in 2008. (At present, his reasoned and thoughtful stances, lest "liberal" than one may think, are more popular with our important allies throughout the world than they are at home.) I hope this doesn't turn out to be the case.
If it falls apart and McCain pulls out a close victory in November, watch for Governor Richardson to wrap up two gubernatorial terms in New Mexico and run for president again in 2012. He's got options, and he's exercising one by showing Obama supporters his strength in the West by speaking in Oregon today.
It is now safe to call John McCain the next President of the United States.
Oh John, what will it take for you to wake from your dreams.??
Even smart Republicans want to rebuild their party for 2012.
They won't have a chance if McCain is President and our country is bankrupt, while this war continues.
Flash, Hillary supporters will get behind Obama, so will most African Americans, Latinos etc.
I don't think anyone realizes the anger out there by the electorate about this war, Democrats and republicans..2/3of the voters
They are not going to support someone who says he is going to continue Bushes policies in Iraq.
I give the voters more credit then that
Whether you agree with the endorsement or not, Governor Richardson's speech today was superb. He was authoritative yet self-deprecating, and he indicated both a friendship with and an elder-statesman-like endorsement of Senator Obama.
Incidentally, that beard and some of the more policy-heavy points of his speech made Governor Richardson look like a respected professor heaping praise on the class valedictorian, but who also plans on having a few drinks with him later on. That's not an easy tightrope to walk, but he somehow managed to pull it off.
At any rate, the crowd seemed to love the speech--they cheered and shouted and laughed at all the right times.
That was the best speech I've seen or heard from Richardson...wow.
Flash,
Obama is 5 times the orator, and frankly that seems to suggest, thinker, that Clinton or McCain are. I have a lot of respect for McCain for standing up to money, but Obama is a once every 20 year or so candidate. I hope he wins for the good of the country, were he a Republican, I'd not only vote for him, I'd work to back him - he's that good.
If Obama were a Republican, he'd be yesterday's news.
The GOP's "big tent" isn't anywhere big enough for someone that counts a raving racist and virulent anti-American as his mentor.
Lucky for Obama that the Party of Scrubs isn't quite as discerning.
Gigi:
I will agree with you on one thing. McCain is not the perfect candidate for the republicans. However is a good candidate.
By the way you do a great job of name calling and insulting people. That is what a typeical far left person does.
As far as me being a smart republican, I believe I am. Why because I don't follow the party all the time. I have my own views.
The fact is I am sure once Mr. McCain wins in Nov. the far right will be looking for a candidate to challenge him.
If you are just going on of his stands on the war then you are a one issue voter. I have zero respect for one issue voters. There is so much more at stake in this election.
Oh John I have many more issues I disagree with McCain on.
They all come down to continuing
Bushes Policies that are bankrupting our country
Where did I call anyone names? Unless you think Republican is a dirty word?
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