May 08 2008
As The Pressure Builds To Blow Apart The Democrats ….
One thing the News Media forgets is voters don’t like their apparent influence and efforts to twist a race towards their preferred candidates. Typically this meddling in our democracy by the very liberal news media (note their multi-year effort to get us to surrender in Iraq, which is why many times I refer to them as the SurrenderMedia) is in support of the democrat and opposing the conservative. They are itching right now to go after their one time darling McCain (who is a tad left of most noteworthy Republicans) since he is the GOP nominee.
But the liberal news media have been held back for months as their long battle to crown their choice in the Democrat Party’s primary process has been fought. Now that Clinton fell below expectations they have jumped the gun this week as the news media try to push Hillary under the bus. Just check out this (H/T Drudge:
And this pleasant hint regarding a VP slot for Hillary:
There’s certainly a strong and highly logical case to be made. Between the two of them, Obama and Clinton will have attracted upward of 36 million votes when all of the primaries are over, with only a few hundred thousand votes separating them. That’s nearly 60 percent of the total number of votes George W. Bush received in the 2004 general election.
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No one thinks that Obama, in his heart, wants Clinton on his ticket. And he certainly doesn’t want her and her husband in his administration, pursuing their own agendas and threatening to overshadow and undermine him every step of the way. The question, though, is whether he can take a pass on her for V.P. without severely complicating his general election chances.
For several reasons, the answer is yes.
So, the SurrenderMedia has turned its surrender-now-or-else guns on Hillary and her followers, expecting them to bow down and get in line. Yeah, like voters are going to listen to overpaid, egotistical journalist majors? Instead of giving Hillary and her supporters space for a face saving exit this onslaught negativity is just going to cement the rift on the left. The folks over at RCP see the media meddling too. Hillary Clinton’s biggest problem right now isn’t her lack of money, and it isn’t that undecided superdelegates will suddenly move against her. Indeed, yesterday was notable for the fact that so few superdelegates declared, and that multiple Democratic party bigwigs went public saying Hillary has every right to stay in the race and shouldn’t necessarily get out just yet. The biggest threat to Clinton’s candidacy right now is the media, and the instant (and almost universally accepted) conventional wisdom among the pundit class that it’s over. Yesterday Clinton suffered through a barrage of political obituaries, from talking head heavyweights like Tim Russert and George Stephanopoulos to opinion columnists from across the political spectrum. One thing to watch to see if this is true is for Obama’s numbers against McCain to start sinking. If the Hillary supporters do decide to abandon the liberals and their liberal candidate (as I suspect they will, just as moderates on the right have abandoned ‘true conservatives’) then Obama will start falling behind in the polls where he runs even right now. I have said for over a year now this race will be one by the least partisan candidate, the one closest to the middle – and that is not Obama from the Church of Wright and buddy of Bomber Bill (Ayers). Update: Interestingly all this comes at a time when Hillary finally may ‘win’ Michigan and have its delegates sat giving her 10 more delegates than Obama (she could have deserved up to 18). Wonder what happens if Florida’s delegates are sat soon as well?
There was a lot of talk on the news shows that in spite of what people said that they would vote for McCain because their choice did not get nominated, the thought is that the people will still vote for the Democratic nominee, regardless of who got nominated because of rank and file.
There was also some talk that McCain still would not have a chance to win in the fall.
And that Obama has cut all ties to Wright and that nobody can use the Wright argument against Obama. Wrong.
Why?
Problems: 1) twenty years of association. 2) Jeremiah Wright’s apprentice, Otis Moss.
Lurker, that news show talk is good to hear. Their wishes revealed, once again. Whistlin’ in the wind, are they? 🙂
McCain is going to win in November and the dems know it.
Bring it on Soros! We want all good, decent people to see VERY clearly who you are and what the dems are about….the same dems who foisted the clintons on us for lo these many years and the same dems who are trying to foist the Hard Left on us now.
G_d bless America! Still to remain the Land of the FREE and the Home of the BRAVE.
Let the battles begin! We’re ready.
Actually, AJ, Clinton was supposed to get 4 more… 73 not 69 delegates… per party rules. They took the 8, gave four more to BHO and four less to Clinton. Rather absurd when you think of it. Tho BHO wasn’t on the ballot, it’s not like no one knew he was there. Hasn’t anyone heard of “write in” slots??
Then the mess in Florida. While she broke rules in MI, BHO advertised in FL… and still lost.
What a mess the DNC has made for themselves. Obama can’t win sans Supers if they count all 50 states (or else it’s very close). And no one wins when they go with 48 states results. Except, perhaps, the GOP looks more organized by comparison.
My guess? Hill will fight all the way to the convention, hope for more mud to be flung at Obama, and count on the Supers panicking and swinging her way at last minute. It’s a wise choice to hang in there, and keep the pressure on. But can she afford it?
If she does step aside, perhaps she’ll work covertly to have her base go for McCain and force a big lose for Obama. Come 2012, she’s the logical choice. The DNC will not be putting Obama up on a pedestal after a loss again.
If Hillary gets the nomination and god forbid the presidency don’t you know heads will roll. All these people deserting her now will get theirs if she gets in power. The Clintons have long memories and unique methods of revenge. And it couldn’t happen to nicer people. They act like the rats they are leaving a sinking ship.
BHO would be a fool to run with Hillary as his VP. His chances of surviving a 4 year term is already debatable since this country has it’s share of red necks and martyr makers who are likely to act if they feel disenfranchised.
Since BHO has surrounded himself with anti white racists and associated with anti American terrorists most of his adult life , it leaves little doubt what type persons he will appoint to the courts and have in his cabinet. . With Hillary on the ticket, his non survival chances would be magnified many times. The Clinton’s have already proven they will do anything to get and hang onto power. Has everyone forgotten all those unexplained deaths associated with their Arkansas operations? I really don’t think B Huussian Obama is dumb enough to risk it.