It’s about Clinton and Obama, too — but later

As previously noted, Barack Obama was down in Charleston today picking up John Kerry’s endorsement. Somebody remarked to me this morning that meant he was dissing his former running mate — which made me pause to think, that guy’s still running?

After Tuesday night, the South Carolina Democratic primary is about Obama and Hillary Clinton. So is the Democratic nomination overall.

But we have another week to think about that. With our GOP endorsement coming up Sunday, which means I’ve got a lot of writing to do about that over the next day or so, I’ve been concentrating less on the Democrats this week. That will soon change.

(Trivial footnote: The picture above is from this morning at the Cistern. The one below is from Tuesday night. The Associated Press has not moved a single picture of Hillary Clinton since then. There’s probably a logical explanation, but it still strikes me as odd.)

6 thoughts on “It’s about Clinton and Obama, too — but later”

Eyzwidopn January 12, 2008 at 2:26 pm

There’s coincidence and then there’s an unmistakable pattern that the black community obviously would be more sensitive to than the white community.
1) Emails forwarded by HRC staffers suggesting Obama is a Muslim
2) Shaheen raising Obama’s teen drug use and suggesting Obama may be accused of being a drug dealer
3) Mark Penn using “cocaine” on national TV as he referred to Obama’s drug use following Shaheens’s comments
4) Kerrey’s repeated use of Obama’s middle name and “madrassa” on national TV
5) HRC stating that it took LBJ, a white President, to fulfill MLK’s and the Civil Right’s Movements’ dream
6) a HRC staffer suggesting people want Obama as an “imaginary hip black friend” as reported in The Guardian
7) Cuomo’s “shuck and jive” line
8) Bill referring to Obama, a grown 46-year-old man, as “kid” which associates too closely to black men being called “boy”
9) Bill referencing Obama’s campaign for POTUS as unqualified, too risky, a roll of the dice, etc.
10) HRC charging that Obama was giving people “false hope” and that Obama, with an accomplished resume, is not ready to lead.
I think separately these issues can be considered harmless but there have been too many of them and too many have been presented in a negative context.
It would be nice if Obama and HRC made public statements denouncing the use of “racism” and “sexism” in this campaign and in general. Also, that they’ve instructed their surrogates to stop fueling the fires with politically motivated rhetoric.

Mark C. Eades January 13, 2008 at 2:55 pm

In the bipartisan battle of “experience” vs. “change,” one thing seems clear: There is no shortage of experience in Washington. If Washington experience came in dozens, it would be a dime a dozen. Washington experience is what led us into the foreign and domestic mess we’re in today. What we are short of in Washington is fresh ideas and unifying vision. Put a president with these in the White House, and all that Washington experience can be put to work taking America in a new direction. This is why I support Barack Obama for president.

Mark C. Eades January 13, 2008 at 2:56 pm

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