Senator  Obama Leads Senator Clinton by 10 points in today's Gallup Poll and leads McCain by essentially the same margin as Senator Clinton.  

    While I think these polls are  hardly  a prediction of anything right now, for those who like or live by them  it is clear the Democrats prefer Obama by a significant  margin and  they perform essentially the same against McCain.

Polls are fun, interesting and the only tangible  thing people can use to help predict the future. Unfortunately, they are relatively useless 5 months before an election and prior to the respective conventions.There are some polls which show Obama way ahead of McCain nationally ( Zogby- May 21, 2008) and some show him marginally behind. I am not excited about either. The margins for all of the candidates are so close it appears the one thing we do know is that the race will be close and will likely be very different from the last few.

Many factors are in play which makes it impossible to predict the future, world and domestic events, VP choices, scandal-- the list goes on and on.

Additionally, John McCain has been the unchallenged Republican nominee for some time now free to attack Obama with impunity while Obama has faced two fronts . This will change soon and I suggest the dynamics of a unified Party will strengthen Obam's hand, especially as former foes and fence sitters join his effort.

The Republican's know this which is why their attacks have been almost exclusively aimed at Obama. I am relatively sure it is not because they like and respect Senator Clinton.

The post convention polls-- 2-3 weeks after will start to matter-- but anyone who relies on the current polls to determine electability or the ultimate winner is relying on foolls gold.

Former President Clinton has been breathtakingly unprofessional and disengenuous throughout Senator Clinton's campaign. His allegations of unfair treatment,  fuzzy math and crass conduct are unbeffiting of a former President or a spouse of a candidate.

There has been a double standard in this campaign, but it has been to give legitimacy to the outlandish assertions and tantrums of President Clinton and the Clinton campaign. If any other spouse of a Presidential candidate acted like President Clinton has in this campaign they and their candidate would have been laughed off the campaign. Only because who he is and the amount of money he can still raise among Clinton Loyalists has he not suffered such a fate. However, I sugggest his reputation , which was already lacking among many prior to this campaign has been further tarnished.

As a former supporter of President Clinton I have been surprised by the tactics he has and continues to use in this campaign. Only a herculean effort by him and Senator Clinton on behalf of Obama in the general election will mitigate his conduct and start to rebuild his reputation.

He has been nothing short of a hysterical Bully, Baby and Brat who throw's tantrums when the majority of others do not see things his way. Neither he or Senator Clinton are victims of prejudice , bias or unfair treatment, only of their own dreadful and deceptive campaign.

The Clinton's have run out of time, it is the 4th quarter and they are behind by so much they can only win by forfeit or some type of horrible occurence ( One like the one Senator Clinton recently reffered to) .It will be over next week and hopefully we will then begin to see different conduct befitting of a former President and of a spouse of candidate who did not prevail. We can only hope .  

The Clinton's are master manipulator's and when they make a mistake of gross proportion they deny, obfuscate and blame everyone else. No matter what  the contaxt of her statements regarding RFK's assasination, there is no place for them in this campaign. The timeline excuse is rediculous as the campaign season was totally different in 1968 . When RFK was assasinated in June of 1968 the Democrats were in the middle of the campaign whereas this campaign ends June 3rd and Obama already has a majority of elected delegates.

This is the same tactic the Clinton's used when Senator Clinton repeatedly lied about the Bosnia bullet dodging trip. At first they tried to discredit Sinbad and others who were also on the trip and then once they were caught red handed on tape Senator Clinton said she was tired and remembered incorrectly. Unfortunately, that excuse was also a lie as she had told the same story months earlier in Iowa and again prior to the prepared remarks on St Patrick's day.

The excuse Senator Clinton gave for the RFK comment was that the Kennedy's were on her mind because of Ted Kennedy's illness.( Please, one can only imagine how much Senator Clinton despises Senator Kennedy for his stalwart support of Senator Obama) Again , the problem with that excuse is that she made the same exact comment regarding RFK to Time Magazine before Ted Kennedy was known to have a tumor.

There is no place for Senator Clinton's comments and her non apology is par for the course. Fortunately, this sad season in Democratic politics is alamost over and hopefully the Clinton's lies and  manipulations will then be back page news or part of political courses as to how a political campaigns should not be run.

   

As Ariana Huffington stated in her most recent post, it is time for us ordinary Democrats to stop hoping Senator Clinton will do the right thing and instead contact her allies and undecided superdelegates to persuade them that in the interests of winning in 2008 this race needs to end-- Now.

Senator Clinton's reasons for staying in the race or contending Obama has not won under the Rules set by the DNC and agreed to by all candidates  are quite disturbing and destructive even giving them the most favorable interpretation. ie; I have won the votes of hard working White people, RFK was assasinated in June, my husband did not wrap up the nomination until June, Michigan and Florida are a matter of Civil Rights, .( Senator Clinton agreed to and signed a pledge to abide by the disqualification of Michigan and Florida-- thus she condoned and pledged to adhere to Civil Rights Violations and months later seeks to be the liberator of those same alleged violations. This is akin to kidnapping a child and then seeking a reward for letting the child go)

 Each one of these reasons are contrary to Democratic Party ideals and any objective reality. They are all fase issues with false premises designed to harden her supporters and weaken Obama . Her staying in through West Virginia, Kentucky and Puerto Rico was also designed to embarrass Obama in the minds of the public and superdelegates as the math and path to the nomination was over some time ago. Of course , Senator Clinton lost by a landslide in Oregon and North Carolina--- hardly a meaningful dent in Obamas momentum.

Senator Clinton's strategy has worked in part, but mostly she has embarrassed herself and the Democratic Party. Of course this is not helpful to anyone and the longer it goes the more destructive it will be.

So, what to do . I suggest you go to Senator DIANE FEINSTEIN'S web site and e-mail her your thoughts as I did earlier today and contact undecided superdelegates.Senator Feinstein is a thoughtful and genuine Senator who is likewise a supporter of Senator Clinton. My gut tells me she will do what is in the best interest of the Party. ( Go to Huffington Post and Ariana Huffington has a list of undedided superdelegates).

Those are the best steps to seek to stop the nonsensical destruction going on now. Senator Obama has been taking arrows form the Media , Republicans and Senator Clinton for to long and it is time to even the playing field a little. Lets move forward together to win this thing in 2008.