By Ric Joyner
Obama smoked her! 17-point lead is huge. She also is floundering in her message. Both Obama and Hillary have appeared on debates to unify the party, and assuage fears of the faithful. The result…they have similar messages. This is a problem. In addition, if the candidates have the same message, and one has baggage, and the other is popular…oops. This strategy is drowning out the voice of Hillary because Obama does not have the history she has, and he is an eloquent speaker. I believe the two debates that attempted to show unity, lost the election for Hillary.
The fact that he has no experience, a hollow message, but great speeches, is the definition of the “cult of personality”…the proof of his cult status is that young people are flocking…anyone want MTV? Thus, Hillary is less popular than Obama. Should this be what the election is about…personality?
The issue of the loss for Hillary in WI, represented the type of state demographics she does well in attracting, and Obama stole those demographics. The states coming up, which are MUST wins for Hillary, are Texas and Ohio. These states hold the same type of demographics as WI. In addition, the WI loss is a bad omen. Obviously, she has a lot at stake. She will need to define the race on issues versus personality, but it may be too late for her, because in the previous debates they wanted to show unity, and a common message…but this was when Hillary still had a commanding overall nationwide lead which has evaporated, a few polls put Obama ahead.
Obama’s fund raising is outstripping Hillary’s. Money wins. In his case, money and personality wins. To be fair to Obama, he has excitement behind him as well as people fainting around him…and a great organization on the ground, which are winning combinations.
BTW, did you know the candidates spend roughly $10,000,000 per week to be elected? Somehow that is ironic to the message they both have of helping the poor, giving everyone health care at taxpayer expense, and increasing taxes… I do not get liberal politics <shrug>.
The truth is they have vast differences in approach and policy. Obama is left wing liberal, his programs are going to cost the American people billions, and Hillary is more conservative…as liberals can be. I still cannot picture Hillary and Mr. Hillary in the Whitehouse. My prediction is she will lose Texas, but scratch a win in Ohio.
This race may still come down to the Super Delegates (party leaders that have pledged allegiance , and owe favors to the Clintons) which could devastate the Democratic Party at the convention. The cause of the riots in 1968 was hauntingly similar because Humphrey won the nomination, but had not won any delegates! Backroom politics gave him the win, and this was against the will of the party faithful. Violence in Denver? Will this happen again? Is the nomination stacked against Obama with inside politics and favors owed? http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/chicago/facts/chicago68/index.shtml
Watch the debate tomorrow night between these two, and Hillary will go on the attack to define her differences with Obama. Should be deliciously fun for a conservative like me.
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