At this stage in the race for the White House, no one has any doubts anymore that moving back into her “home” of eight years is Hillary Clinton’s overriding motivation. She spends more time denigrating and “misspeaking” about her opponent, Barack Obama, than about issues, or Republican candidate John McCain; to the point that Americans are becoming fed up with the nasty tone of the battle between the two Democratic candidates.
According to a new poll, 50% of Americans (as well as 50% of Democrats) now believe that the campaign has become too nasty – so nasty, in fact, that 20% of those polled say that they will not vote for Clinton in November if she is nominated.
Obama, meanwhile, finds himself in a tricky situation. After promising a new style of politics, he can hardly engage in mudslinging the way Clinton does. If he turns too negative, voters will accuse him of flip-flopping on his promise, and Clinton will doubtless let people know that Obama’s new way of politics eerily looks like the old; that is, her approach to political campaigning.
But how many more punches and low blows must Obama take before he is willing to speak up for himself? Following Clinton’s win in Pennsylvania, political pundits and observers have begun to urge Obama to take the gloves off and go after Clinton at full blast. Both he and his campaign are resisting these calls for getting tough.
While the two candidates battle it out, the Democratic party is slowly falling apart. Some high-level Democrats have called on Clinton to drop out of the race for the sake of the party, and more recently, one Slate.com blogger has suggested that Obama should be the one withdrawing from the race, so that he can run and win in 2012.
This is very bad advice. Obama’s moment is now – not only for himself, but also, more crucially, for America. America needs a president like Obama now, not in 2012, when McCain would have had four years to drive the country even deeper into the hole - yes, McCain, because the only way to prevent McCain from becoming president is to pair him off against Obama, for Clinton does not stand a chance against the war veteran.
Article comments
1 - Arch Conservative
Gee..for a guy sitting in Alberta you seem to have a lot of insight into what most Americans are thinking right now and what they will do In November.
Too bad you sound just like another brainwashed American Obama cultist. I guess your distance from the epicenter explains your post lacking the "change we can believe in" mantra.
Far be it for me to tell you you're not entitled to opinions on American politics but you do come across as alittle condescending and presumptious...sort of like an American liberal.
"Looking at America’s current problems, and the challenges it will face down the road, every American should wish, pray and chant any possible spells that this particular scenario never comes to pass."
You do realize that roughly half this nation would agree with you and the other half would tell you to go fuck yourself. I think you know which hald I'm in so I won't say it.
You were spot on regarding Clinton's only concern being her personal political ambitions, but like American liberals you're a little slow on the uptake as the rest of us have known this little nugget o' trtuh since the early 90's.
2 - Werner Patels
A neutral observer from the outside usually (in fact, almost always) has a better understanding of what's going on and what is needed than those who are on the inside and therefore blinded.
3 - Jonathan Scanlan
For those as intrigued by Obamania as many of us are...
Four Corners did a great program on it tonight, and you can watch it here for zilch.
4 - Arch Conservative
"A neutral observer from the outside usually (in fact, almost always) has a better understanding of what's going on and what is needed than those who are on the inside and therefore blinded."
Have you considered that a neutral observer from the outside may not be close enough to the reality of the situation to formulate an opinion based on the truth?
Also..you're hardly nuetral what with all the praise you've heaped on Obama.