Desperation is unbecoming, Senator Clinton.
Is anyone else relieved that the primary season is almost over? While the 2008 Democratic primary certainly has been the stuff that history books write about (and how awesome is it that neither democratic nominee is an old, rich, white guy?), it has been going on for (literally) years. With the Kentucky and Oregon primaries on Tuesday and Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota following in early June, the nomination soon will be secure (hopefully), and we can get down to the business of deciding the next president.
That said, Obama is clearly in the lead. It used to be a close race in that, while Senator Obama lead the popular vote, Senator Clinton lead the super delegate count. Now Senator Obama leads in both polls. He is expected to sweep Oregon on Tuesday, and Senator Clinton is starting to show signs of desperation.
In an article published by The New York Times, Senator Clinton has discounted Senator Obama’s wins in Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah because tradition holds that those states usually end up voting Republican in November. She also says that she has won the popular vote, even though the CNN election center shows the number of pledged delegates (representing, basically, the popular vote of each state) saying otherwise. She also is still lobbying for Michigan’s and Florida’s primary election votes to count toward the total even though, when the race was mostly in her favor, she did not seem concerned over the states being counted.
The article also showed her advocating the Republican nomination process.
Instead of staying poised and advocating the good of the party, Senator Clinton looks to be about three minutes away from quoting Dylan Thomas. Never before has she looked so like her, “I will say anything to win” stereotype.
For the life of me I can’t figure out if she is that naive or vindictive. Either way it is very unbecoming to lose and yet still carry on even at the detriment of the party. It is also very sad that she is not helping her loyal fan base of older white women to cope with the loss of the companionship and sisterhood they have discovered while fighting for Hillary. I truly hope they realize the same close knit community is just a change of attitude away at Obama’s camp. They will be welcomed with genuine delight if only they will put their new found voices into getting a Democrat in the White House! Come on sisters it is time to unite!
I think you can make a case for her to stay in until the end…. I am not a supporter of hers but if I were advising here I would tell her to stay in.