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Why the rush to end Primary contests ?
During the weekend, we heard the first calls to Sen. Obama's supporters like Sen. Kerry and Gov. Richardson suggesting that Sen. Clinton to end the race if she fails to score wins on Tuesday. We can ignore Sen. Kerry. He basically dislikes Sen. Clinton despite Pres. Clinton campaigning for him. Well, That is
politics. Gov. Richardson is tough to understand. He was supposedly a friend of Pres. Clinton. His state went for Sen. Clinton. His community is voting for Sen. Clinton. My gut feel is that Gov. Richardson wants to endorse Sen. Obams but hesitating for reasons that I can guess.
What is the rush ? The Primary season is not over until June. There are states that deserve to
vote. Democrats in states as varied as Miss, PA, Puerto Rico do deserve to vote. Why have a Primary Schedule until June if we want to shut
it down earlier. "Party unity" etc are basically
lame excuses. The goal for Primary season is to see who will get 2025 delegates at the end of the Primary season i.e when the last state votes.
Sen. Obama has proven to be strong enough. He has the resources to contest Primaries.
With the media behind him, he has nothing to lose.
Let the primary season go as planned. It will be all for the better.
politics. Gov. Richardson is tough to understand. He was supposedly a friend of Pres. Clinton. His state went for Sen. Clinton. His community is voting for Sen. Clinton. My gut feel is that Gov. Richardson wants to endorse Sen. Obams but hesitating for reasons that I can guess.
What is the rush ? The Primary season is not over until June. There are states that deserve to
vote. Democrats in states as varied as Miss, PA, Puerto Rico do deserve to vote. Why have a Primary Schedule until June if we want to shut
it down earlier. "Party unity" etc are basically
lame excuses. The goal for Primary season is to see who will get 2025 delegates at the end of the Primary season i.e when the last state votes.
Sen. Obama has proven to be strong enough. He has the resources to contest Primaries.
With the media behind him, he has nothing to lose.
Let the primary season go as planned. It will be all for the better.
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Absolutely! These elections are about the only thing distracting the media from the Republicans' 24-7 flag pinning, boring-clothes wearing, Pledge reciting circus side show.
Besides, there's not a zero-sum contest between the primary campaign and the general election. All these legitimate, interesting primary contests just leave us that much better organized for the fall.
March 3, 2008 12:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where do people get this notion that the media is "behind" Obama? Farrakhan? Flag pins? Muslim "rumors" (as opposed to the more accurate term: falsehoods)? Breathless coverage of Clinton's every utterance as well as unquestioning perpetuation of her campaign memes?
Today's headline on CNN.com is "Clinton Relaxes With Beer."
I don't think the media is ideologically pro-Clinton or anything, but I think it's clear there's an effort to spin a "comeback" narrative here to draw out this ratings-grabbing race.
March 3, 2008 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
The more primary the better, I say.
Oh, Bill Richardson might have been pals with Bill Clinton but the rumor is that he never got along with Hillary. I don't have anything linkable about that but I'm from New Mexico and know people who know Richardson and that's what they all say (and have been saying for years).
March 3, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink