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Mike Field (not verified) says:
Fusion? More like fission! Unfortunately, Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" took all of the joy out of the end of Hillary Clinton by expanding her margin in Texas and keeping her campaign going. Now Sen. Obama is the "beast", and she has the sympathy due to underdog.
Not only that, but it ain't over. Till it's over. It will not be settled until Oregon. If Sen. Clinton can win Oregon, Obama still gets the nomination, but he has no credibility, what with Clinton winning five of six consecutive state primaries.
Not a likely scenario, but not an impossible one either. Contrary to appearances, November looks bleak for either Democrat. The Democratic Party, in the end, is more interested in controlling legislatures than the executive. A lot more officeholders and political jobs in that branch. For 40 years, the voters had the Democrats controlling congress and most of the state legislatures while electing a succession of mostly Republican presidents. Those were the "happy days of yore" for the Democrats, not the Clinton years. Those decades in power on Capitol Hill are the past most Democrats want to restore. And maybe the voters too.
For most Democrats Obama is attractive because he can motivate the base to vote the ticket, not because he can win.
Call this the "Mt. Rushmore" election, starring John McCain as Mt. Rushmore. It is hard to beat Mt. Rushmore.
Fusion? More like fission! Unfortunately, Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" took all of the joy out of the end of Hillary Clinton by expanding her margin in Texas and keeping her campaign going. Now Sen. Obama is the "beast", and she has the sympathy due to underdog.
Not only that, but it ain't over. Till it's over. It will not be settled until Oregon. If Sen. Clinton can win Oregon, Obama still gets the nomination, but he has no credibility, what with Clinton winning five of six consecutive state primaries.
Not a likely scenario, but not an impossible one either. Contrary to appearances, November looks bleak for either Democrat. The Democratic Party, in the end, is more interested in controlling legislatures than the executive. A lot more officeholders and political jobs in that branch. For 40 years, the voters had the Democrats controlling congress and most of the state legislatures while electing a succession of mostly Republican presidents. Those were the "happy days of yore" for the Democrats, not the Clinton years. Those decades in power on Capitol Hill are the past most Democrats want to restore. And maybe the voters too.
For most Democrats Obama is attractive because he can motivate the base to vote the ticket, not because he can win.
Call this the "Mt. Rushmore" election, starring John McCain as Mt. Rushmore. It is hard to beat Mt. Rushmore.
MNF