Comments on: Obama-Clinton will be the crucial convention storyline

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It’s the Thought that Counts » Blog Archive » DNC: Day 2 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:37 +0000

[...] and it did what it needed to do. It’s particularly important because there has been some polling evidence recently that the movement of Hillary voters towards Obama was stalling short of completion. This is [...]

By: Ogre Mage

Ogre Mage — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:50:13 +0000

It was Obama’s decision to not select Hillary Clinton as running mate, a move which would have brought in the vast majority of her supporters. So it ultimately is up to Obama to bring in those supporters. It was his decision and his responsibility.

By: Tony Kondaks

Tony Kondaks — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:25:27 +0000

Did Obama have a Jimmy the Greek moment?

http://pledgednotbound.com/racialist.htm

By: mikeel

mikeel — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:38:22 +0000

Yet another poll shows Obama’s challenge:

In Ohio McCain leads by one percent in a new Columbus Dispatch poll. McCain gets 86% of Republicans, but Obama only gets 74% of Democrats.

I really think Bill Clinton is the problem, not Hillary. It’s sad his ego is getting in the way of what should be a Democratic victory.

By: Jaxx Raxor

Jaxx Raxor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:52:51 +0000

I agree, the convention will be very key to seeing if Obama can finally open an significant lead or if the race wil go down to the wire in November. The good news is that Hillary Clinton seems to have accepted her loss. The bad news is that Bill Clinton hasn’t as well as many Clinton supporters. That McCain is now explicitly going after Clinton supporters with ads (with an ad up today showcasing a former Clinton delegate who says she will vote McCain) it can be very damaging to both Obama and the Clintons if Hillary and Bill do not give Obama a rousing show of support. It could be that Obama loses the election, but that Democrats blame Hillary and Bill for keeping the Democrats divided, which then would hurt them immensily in the future politically. If Obama loses and Hillary decides to run for president in 2012, I can see her being strongly challanged by another Democratic on the basis that Clinton thinks too much of herself and not of the party at large. Even if she decides to run for reelection to the Senate instead, she would be challanged in the primary by a Democrat who will claim that she wanted Obama to lose. Bill of course would be damaged alot in terms being a statesmen in the Democratic party if he is to tepid in his support for Obama.

I guess in a sense Clinton is upset that he doesn’t get to talk about the ecnomny, but on the other hand Obama’s greatest weakness is in national security, not the economy, and in my opinion Bill should follow the example of his wife and accept that Obama is the nominee.