“Obama has made the claim that he can capture Clinton’s voters more easily in the general election than she can capture his. I doubt it.” – Old Elephant Blog, Feb. 11, 2008
I love it when I’m right.
A new poll from the Gallup organization says 28% of those supporting Hillary Clinton will switch to John McCain if Barrack Obama is handed the nomination. A second-day examination of the survey provides further insights.
All political speeches have multiple audiences. The least important is the audience listening in person. That, of course, was the case with Barack Obama’s “race” speech. But, it is false conceit for either the media or the general public to assume that they were the primary audience.
The most important audience was a few hundred people critical to the future of the Obama campaign.
Give the man his due. Barack Obama gave a very good speech on race relations.If race was the central issue in America today, it might have worked. Unfortunately, for Mr. Obama, that’s not the case.
If only Mr. Obama were equally honest about other challenges facing America. But, instead, woven within the speech, and throughout his campaign, is the standard, simplistic subtext of economic class warfare that has come to embody the Democratic party in the first quarter of the 21st century.
Barack Obama and his campaign have worked tirelessly to make this election a referendum on personality, rather than on issues.
Not wanting the election to turn on whether or not Americans want the most liberal senator in the nation to lead their country, they have asked the nation to focus on his foresight and judgment.We are told that Obama should be elected President, despite a lack of experience or substantial accomplishment, because what really matters is judgment.
Okay, I know that looking for any rational, reasoned exchange of ideas on the Internet is pretty much futile.
Still, lately I’ve been finding the polarized comments between Obama and Clinton supporters a little stunning.
Having attempted to raise three daughters, I’m familiar with the concept of feminine and masculine traits or values.
Competitiveness…defeating your opponents…killing the most vampires in the video game…those are supposed to be masculine traits. Making others feel valued…playing fair…taking turns…those are supposed to be feminine traits.
This is a great column. In the past few years I’ve come around to supporting the Cato Institute position that “the size of government is best measured by the level of spending and regulation. Reducing tax revenues only shifts part of the burden of government spending to future generations.”
Finally, a handful of people in the natonal media are starting to pick up on the reality of Barack Obama’s record. Here’s one of the better examples:
It’s about 11 p.m. here in Illinois – it looks like the stories from tonight’s caucuses will be: McCain clinches nomination and Clinton stays alive.Actually, I think it ought to be – Clinton gains the momentum – but, given the media’s massive man-crush on Obama, I think they’ll minimize her victories, just as they did on Super Tuesday I.
“I will leave it to my opponent to argue that we should abrogate trade treaties, and pretend the global economy will go away and Americans can secure our future by trading and investing only among ourselves. We will campaign in favor of seizing the opportunities presented by the growth of free markets throughout the world, helping displaced workers acquire new and lasting employment and educating our children to prepare them for the new economic realities by giving parents choices about their children’s education they do not have now.” – John McCain, Victory Speech March 4, 2008 in Dallas TX.
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