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(Another) Presidential prediction UPDATE: revisionist history
Submitted by Kevin Wuzzardo on 7 May 2008 - 8:53am.
Well, I blew that one, huh? My updated prediction yesterday buying into polls that had Hillary Clinton cutting Barack Obama's lead in North Carolina to single digits defied the logic I'd used two weeks earlier. I guess I should stuck with my first instinct on what would happen. After Obama's 15-point win in North Carolina and a narrow loss to Clinton in Indiana, Obama has extended his lead in the popular vote and delegate count. The demographics are what Clinton will point to to justify her campaign continuing for four more weeks. But that's kinda like an 800-pound man pointing out he's lost 20 pounds. The raw number looks good, but what does it really mean in the grand scheme of things. So I'll reverse-revise my predictions and say Obama grabs enough superdelegates in the end who see him being a more popular candidate than Clinton. As for November, I still see a tight race between Obama and McCain that will likely wind up coming down to what dirt the campaigns can dig up on each other. In the meantime, Clinton did well enough in Indiana and with white voters to justify to herself that the race is worth staying in, thus prolonging Howard Dean's worst nightmare. Well, at least in this election. Could anything ever be a bigger nightmare for him than "The Scream" in 2004? But I digress. I think there's little doubt Obama will have an edge when everything wraps up June 3. The question is whether it will be enough to grant Dean's wish that the trailing candidate (Clinton) drop out to give the Democratic Party time to unify behind its nominee before the Democratic National Convention in August. By: Kevin Wuzzardo It is overSubmitted by Ed Tilley (not verified) on 7 May 2008 - 1:42pm.
Senator Clinton needs to concede to Senator Obama. It is time to bring the Democratic Party together and that will require quite an effort. I am afraid that it will not be a close race in November. It is a serious issue for me in that a President McCain will be able to completely reshape the Supreme Court. I will work to elect Senator Obama, but I worry that the Republicans will pull every nasty trick out of their bag to demonize him. I can only hope the Obama campaign will play hardball. I will say this for the Obama campaign that they have run a superb campaign. Obviously, the have a gifted candidate, but they have also shown great organizational skill. It will be needed especially in the battleground states. Finally, in terms of a VP for Obama, I have this list: Diane Feinstein of California or Chuck Shumer of NY or Anthony Weiner of NY or Robert Rubin. ListSubmitted by Will (not verified) on 7 May 2008 - 7:28pm.
Your are insane, your list reads like a dinner invite to a socialist picnic......Obama will not win You left out Fidel CastroSubmitted by Commonsensenotc... on 7 May 2008 - 5:29pm.
The Republicans won't have to pull any nasty tricks. Obama's openly Socialist agenda and history of attacks on the Second Amendment will sink him. Once again, the Democrats are nominating a total left-wing whacko....and when he loses, they'll wonder, "Gee, why didn't we get our message out?" But you DO get your message out. You got it out in 2000. You got it out in 2004. You simply don't understand that your message STINKS, and the productive, hard working members of society are not going to sign onto a Socialist, liberal agenda that forces them to pay for more government entitlements for the collection of losers the Democrats pander to. N.C. HeadlinesN.C. Sports |
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its not over
Why would you ask the first woman in years to drop out of the race, the race is not over until you cross the finish line, it is never over before that. Do think that if OBama would drop out if he were in her shoes, NO he would not. Every America women should be proud that we have a woman running, this country has been ran by a man for years. do you think that the same men who have been running this country for over 200 years years is going to allow a black man to be president much less a women. You are mistaken if you belief that Obama will be the commander in chief. He will not because the lines are divide now, the white and the black, and the whites will cross over to Mccain and if Clinton wins the blacks will cross over, Racism is alive in America and it is deep rooted, there will be no win in November for the Democratic Party. Sorry folks that is truly how I feel.