Obama Looks Ahead, Clinton Gets Tougher
After last night's primary, there's a feeling amongst progressive-minded Democrats that it's Sen. Obama's to loose. The fact that he's been spending most of his time sparring with Sen. John McCain as opposed to Sen. Clinton is proof of that.
The question for the Obama Camp is: should they ignore Camp Clinton, or focus on the inevitable McCain Campaign? True, Obama has been taking away some of Clinton's thunder, but Clinton has invested too much to just call it quits. In other words, she's going to fight til the bitter end. In that sense, it would be unwise for Obama and his people to pretend that Clinton has a four-pronged eating utensil protruding out of her back.
On the flip side, the hard-core Republicans and their conservative allies are finally beginning to rally around McCain...which makes it easier for him to concentrate on the Democratic frontrunner. In addition, the "media" is doing their best to help, from psuedo-racist comments to mistaken graphics during broadcasts. To put it another way, the GOP won't be saying things like "Barack plagerized" or "He wrote a letter during pre-school saying he wanted to be president" or "a guy who helps his campaign but isn't emersed in it can't name a single legislative accomplishment!" Nah, it's be more like, "He's a lying Muslim who wants to give the country over to terrorists." See the difference?
Now's the time to see how long if Obama's famed political good "luck" will last, as well as his message and his seemingly overwhelming support.
UPDATE: By the way, Obama has legislative accomplishments...and he's put them on his senate site.
The question for the Obama Camp is: should they ignore Camp Clinton, or focus on the inevitable McCain Campaign? True, Obama has been taking away some of Clinton's thunder, but Clinton has invested too much to just call it quits. In other words, she's going to fight til the bitter end. In that sense, it would be unwise for Obama and his people to pretend that Clinton has a four-pronged eating utensil protruding out of her back.
On the flip side, the hard-core Republicans and their conservative allies are finally beginning to rally around McCain...which makes it easier for him to concentrate on the Democratic frontrunner. In addition, the "media" is doing their best to help, from psuedo-racist comments to mistaken graphics during broadcasts. To put it another way, the GOP won't be saying things like "Barack plagerized" or "He wrote a letter during pre-school saying he wanted to be president" or "a guy who helps his campaign but isn't emersed in it can't name a single legislative accomplishment!" Nah, it's be more like, "He's a lying Muslim who wants to give the country over to terrorists." See the difference?
Now's the time to see how long if Obama's famed political good "luck" will last, as well as his message and his seemingly overwhelming support.
UPDATE: By the way, Obama has legislative accomplishments...and he's put them on his senate site.
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