Gwen Ifill, this past Friday, took the words right out of my mouth: stick a fork in Hillary because she’s done. Except that she was referring to the elections and not Hillary. But that is what I told my daughter, the first Obama supporter who made me see the light. We laughed about my quip.
But my rich relations who live in Silver Springs, Maryland are voting tonight in the Potomac primaries. And it looks like another record turnout, despite the icy weather. He has made another clean sweep: three more states in his column. More trouble ahead for Hillary, because now white men are abandoning her. Black folks waving bye-bye with Hillary posters in hand. They attend her rally and vote for Barack! She has garnered only 10% of the black vote in at least one of these three-state primaries.
Whenever I've emailed my cousins who live there the latest Obama article I’ve written I remind them to vote their conscience — vote Obama. I know they will spread the word. It is not anecdotal that Obama will be the thinking man’s president. It is not anecdotal that well-educated, well-heeled, sophisticated men, women, and young people of all colors and political stripes are catching the Obama train and not looking back.
On the stump, Hillary was touting her strength against the furor of the GOP fight, but Hillary, clearly it is not what the GOP will do to you, but what the voters will do to you long before November.
Nightmare on Huckabee Street Over for McCain?
McCain also won three states tonight. Speaking of predictions (okay, really another I told you so), I wrote “don’t count McCain out.” And tonight when he spoke to his supporters he spoke of "platitudes." Calling Obama's campaign a "fairy tale" did not work for Hillary, and calling Obama-speak platitudinous won't work for McCain. Besides seeing McCain, down but not out, I also wrote in a comment that there would be a last-minute shakeup among the GOP candidates. I believe that the VP slot would be set for one man, but would suddenly shift to someone out of the blue. But that might be true of the actual presidential slot at this point. My man Rush Limbaugh is working overtime, another former Chicagoan, steering the conservatives, such as they are, over to Huckabee. That’s what's so strange. There is really no one that the GOP wants at this point. They are so unhappy. The Dems will capitalize on the unhappy campers on the GOP side. He ended his speech with "I'm fired up and ready to go." You got that right, McCain.
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Heloise, after centuries of slavery, exploitation, discrimination and second rate status in the United States, this must be an exciting moment for you and for many other black people in America. In this, I'm happy for you.
I felt somewhat similar when Senator Lieberman got nominated to be vice president, even though he did not win.
That said, I'm unimpressed by all the putative candidates for president in your country. I do not see how someone like Mr. Obama will be able to get you off the path of disaster your country is headed along. We have already had several tastes of what Barack Obama does when the spotlight is not shining on him, and my reactions are not positive at all.
But I only ask that you keep my words of caution in mind while you savor this moment in time.