Hillary is done
The only way she can win is by blowing up the Dem party, calling in every favor, strongarming superdelegates, and forcing the party to accept Michigan and Florida delegates. I don't think there is any way she can win the nomination and the general election. The collateral damage would be too great. Man I hope this happens.
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I am afraid you are right. The Democratic party commits suicide once again. When you let the fringes do the talking you end up with crappy candidates (like John Kerry) and IMO Barack Obama.
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Who in the world would have thought the GOP could hold onto the White House? It's still not a given, obviously, but the more I research Obama's legislative history, the more I realize he's got, in those immortal words, "a lot of 'splainin' to do." On the other hand, I don't think the Dems could have won with Hillary. The red voters would have turned out in droves just to keep her out. McCain's has weaknesses, too. There's his age and his inability to speak coherently. Although if the media continues to spin Obama's rhetorical powers as a negative, the latter could actually work in McCain's favor. The real weakness I see for McCain is that at this point he's making even Romney envious with all his flip-flopping; and instead of the maverick willing to stand up to the party, he's sounding more and more like just another war-mongering neocon. Last week he even reversed his stance on enhanced interrogation, which I never could have imagined him doing. And what's this with the 100 years war? That won't play well. But Obama has provided McCain's campaign with tons of fodder. McCain should be able to pull off the win if he gets a little help from the architects of the swiftboating attack. |
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The only other possibility would be if Barack mysteriously ends his campaign and cedes the nomination to Hillary, and I really don't think the powers that be have sunk to mob tactics yet...have they? |
3 weeks ago, Obama was something like 17 points behind in Texas. Now it is deadlocked.
I'm laughing at the notion that Hillary would be a strong general election candidate, but Barrack would be weaker. That is not borne out in the polling, nor by what sees in front of ones eyes. With the dems doubling up the GOP in the primary voting, it would be very foolish to think the GOP is going to walk away with this easy. |
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I can't name any of Hillary's accomplishments. I'm sure there is something in her record someone could think of as an accomplishment, but I am not aware of it.
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Staying married to a pathological philanderer might be considered an accomplishment.
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What does this mean? Asking pledged (non-super) delegates to vote against their pledge?
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at least she didn't stay home and bake cookies. |
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Frankly I wonder if we won't see a self implosion by the Obama camp when they face some real opposition. All that campaign money, his lack of real accomplishments (even in Illinois), his liberal voting record, his need for tax dollars, and his naive foreign policy approach will all be exposed and examined. The harsh light of fame isn't treating Ms. Obama all that well the last few days. Her silence in the face of criticism only speaks to their arrogance. I find Obama boring and someone that likes the sound of his own voice. Fourty minutes last night? Give me a break. This isn't Cuba. This is a high risk candidacy for the Dems. |
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An 80 year old inarticulate curmudgeon against a young, articulate, inspiring visionary. It's not automatic for the curmudgeon. If anyone can sell a vision of a non-right-wing America, it's Obama. |
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Barack Obama was a state senator. Hope is making a comeback. |
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Hillary is a known factor, Obama isn't. I never said it was automatic, indeed it is an uphill struggle. McCain is not at all likable. But I don't see Obama as invincible. The electoral college map is not his friend. Also, Obama has never faced the type of salvos he will start to face. His wife's comments are the type of thing that energizes electorates. His church will become an issue, further energizing people to vote against Obama. I still say high risk. |
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That said, I expect Hillary to go full on negative over the next primaries. Nice to soften Obama up for McCain. |
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The Clintons have already been floating the idea that Obama is too left-wing. The problem is that they can't make this argument without damaging themselves.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25039 |
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Obama's voting history on the hill is one of the most liberal in the entire Senate. Even more than Billary's...and that's pretty damn scary. He's more extreme left...than most. Socialism is on it's way.
Being a great orator does not and has never equated to great leadership. Though I'm not surprised how easily duped people can be. Basically whoever wins the Presidency......Obama, McCain, Clinton....we're doomed to another 4 years of shitty leadership. |
Obama is like an American Idol phenomenon. No experience, but relatively more charisma than the other lunkheads in the race, which makes him look much better than he really is.
Except he'll turn out to be more like Ruben Studdard than Kelly Clarkson. |
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I weep for my country because as we near breaking the color barrier for the presidency, we will forever be saddled with the legacy that a complete incompetent was the person that broke the barrier. A pyrhhic victory.
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I've always felt more at home in the Republican party because of my aversion to dogma and and dogma's necessary hostility toward reason. I appreciate the frailty of reason, and empiricism, and the necessity of endless dialogue and examination. The irony of the democratic party is that it is hostile to America's nutty homregrown religions precisely because the democratic party is itself a kind of religion. Ironically, the Republican party is more of a big tent. Like all big tents, it houses a lot of people whose beliefs are just plain crazy or wrong. Like all religions, the democratic party tends, if unchecked by secular forces, toward fanatacism.
So now we have a spectarular failure of a Republican president, a man of lifelong low achievement and low intelligence, a pawn of unrealistic idealogues, our Nero if you will, and this election should be easy pickins for the democrats. But what do they do? Like all religions, they overplay their hand. Watch them blow it. Contemptuous of the silent, sensible majority, the democrats are setting themselves up for one of the big political shockers in our history. |
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Well said. |
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McCain has an almost unbeatable opponent if it is Obama (assuming Hillary doesn't scuttle the Democratic ship along the way). |
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Bush lost almost universally all black votes and still eeked out a victory. Some of his voting record issues will be open fodder, just you see. The rest of the country is not as liberal as the Democratic Party. |
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"You know who struggles the most in an election about change? The guy who has been in office the longest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" |
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