Monthly Archives: January 2008

In his op-ed “A Hand the Clinton’s Aren’t Showing” today in the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson mirrored my concern for Hillary’s use of race as play to get whitie to stop supporting Obama.

Is it possible that accusing Obama and his campaign of playing the race card might create doubt in the minds of the moderate, independent white voters who now seem so enamored of the young, black senator? Might that be the idea?

Yes, that’s a cynical view. But history is history.

You can’t put anything by these old skoolers.

The Clintons always know exactly what they are doing, at least when they are losing. Hillary claims she is the best qualified candidate (and its entitled to the presidency) because she has 35 years of experience, including 8 years of derivative or vicarious presidential experience (it makes you wonder whether the Constitution should prohibit more than 2 terms of derivative presidential mandates). You’d wonder why if someone who’s ready for day-one at the White House has to wait for 35 years to get to New Hampsire to find her voice.

In any event, plenty has been said the last couple of days about Hillary’s comments regarding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Johnson and then about Bill’s belittling of Obama’s candidacy (and all those who suport him) as a mere “fairy tale”. Is someone stirring the race issue? The interesting thing, to date, is that Obama is running as a “change candidate” not as a black candidate and not on a minority-centric platform. Continue reading →

This morning I watched the images of Hillary in New Hampsire, emotional and teary-eyed, explaining that it wasn’t easy being Hillary Clinton and that she couldn’t do it if she didn’t “passionately believe it was the right thing to do”. The reason why she is running for president is because, in her own words, “I see so many opportunities for this country, I just don’t want to see us fall backwards . . . You know, this is very personal for me. It’s not just political. It’s not just public. I see what’s happening, and we have to reverse it.”

Yes, Hillary is smarter than the rest of us all, and she sees what is happening in the country, and only Hillary can reverse it. Continue reading →

The news today from Iowa is outstanding. Regardless of who you want to win the elections, the fact than an African American wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus is a historical landmark in the United States. Furthrmore, Obama took 38% of the votes in a 95% white state like Iowa with almost 10 percentage points above the Clinton campaign machine with all of its experience and expertise.

This is something to make you proud to be American. Time will tell whether Obama can continue the momentum against the Clinton powerhouse, but the times have definitely changed and are changing. Think about it.