OPINION: After yesterday's endorsing of Barack Obama it seemed like John Edwards was the one running for President.
By Allen Bacon
Editor
Bosco
That sound you are now hearing is the crashing sound of the Democratic Party as it becomes more and more apparent they are not interested in winning this year's Presidential Election.
Did you hear yesterday's endorsement speech by John Edwards (as heard on Bosco Radio: The News and Information Channel) for Barack Obama? It was as if Edwards was running for President. That was the longest, most winded endorsement speech I have ever heard. And you know why? John Edwards wants to be Vice President. He thinks by sucking up to Obama now he is going to get named to the ticket. This is all too selfish.
Again, if you really want to win this election you buck tradition, scrap the delegate system, Senator Obama steps aside, and you go with the pure numbers. If Hillary Clinton runs against John McCain she wins no question. If Barack Obama runs against McCain then you sweat bullets because it's too close to call. And as my good friend Doug Vehle pointed out in the Bosco Blog a few days back and I agree, Hillary is just the better candidate...forget the numbers. She is more qualified and more experienced. Relax Barack. Relax John. Don't worry....you both get cabinet positions in the new Clinton administration.
Photo Credits: Jeff Haynes, Reuters
3 comments:
I disagree I think Barac is the better candidate. That is wh I am voting for in the Oregon primary, May 20th
Onanite
Mark, I guess what I'm trying to say is that the Democrats need to be smarter if they want to win back the White House. Obama may or may not be the best person but right now according to some polls it's a virtual dead heat if he were to run against John McCain today....Now that may change. Right now, again according to the polls, Hillary has a better chance of beating McCain...one poll I heard was 10%. Thanks for reading and thanks for your response my friend. - Allen
It's real simple, John Edwards IS campsigning for the Presidency in 2012. For that reason, he's helping John McCain in 2008. And helping Barack Obama, too.
Obama's campaign has been stumbling for months. The sugarcube platform has been dissolving in the rain, and he's staggering toward sugarcandy mountain at a slow pace, which has been allowing Hillary to close the gap. If he's to take the nomination, thus ensuring a phenomenal Democratic turnout in support of McCain, he's going to have to fall across the finishline at the convention.
So Edwards made his first campaign speech of the 2012 campaign by endorsing a Democratic loss in November. A vote for Hillary is a vote for 8 years of a Democratic Presidency. But a vote for Obama is a vote for McCain, and an opportunity for Edwards 4 years from now.
It's all up to you. I have no more power to make the election process work the way it's supposed to than I do to get this board to complete the post when I send it. Both are sending error messages. At least with the board it's only been for a few days.
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