We should all have expected the republicans to play the name-game; what I’m referring to is Bill Cunningham (no relation to Billy Cunningham) and Steve King (no relation to Stephen King) deriding Barack Obama because of his middle name. But the remarks coming from the Clinton camp? Well, when former President Bill Clinton discounts South Carolina because Jesse Jackson had previously won that state, when Hillary says John McCain is ready to be Commander-in-Chief but Obama isn’t, when Mark Penn equates Obama to Ken Starr, and when former vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro says if Barack weren’t black nobody would be voting for him, I think it’s time we all took a breather.
At this moment, Barack Obama has won the popular vote, the most states and the most delegates. Any other candidate opposing him would have given up the challenge, but Hillary isn’t just any other candidate. She has gone from inevitable to probable to even-money to underdog to spoiler. If she keeps it up, she’ll go down in history as one of the most destructive-to-the-democratic-party candidates since George Wallace. (I’m not that old, but I study History!)
So I don’t want Geraldine Ferraro to step aside - at this point, it would be too little too late. There’s only one way we democrats can hang on to our slim chances of winning in November, and that’s for Hillary to quit the race - immediately.
At this moment, Barack Obama has won the popular vote, the most states and the most delegates. Any other candidate opposing him would have given up the challenge, but Hillary isn’t just any other candidate. She has gone from inevitable to probable to even-money to underdog to spoiler. If she keeps it up, she’ll go down in history as one of the most destructive-to-the-democratic-party candidates since George Wallace. (I’m not that old, but I study History!)
So I don’t want Geraldine Ferraro to step aside - at this point, it would be too little too late. There’s only one way we democrats can hang on to our slim chances of winning in November, and that’s for Hillary to quit the race - immediately.