The Clinton's are a legend in their own entitled minds ~ determined to regain power regardless of the effect on the Democratic party for, in reality, ithas always been all about the Clinton's and it's getting old: Allen L Roland
The Clinton's harsh treatment of their close friend Bill Richardson, who voted his conscience, in endorsing Obama, is a good example of how badly the Clinton campaign is floundering.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Pennsylvania shows Clinton leading Barack Obama by just five percentage points, 47% to 42%. For Clinton, that five-point edge is down from a ten-point lead a week ago, a thirteen-point lead in mid-March and a fifteen-point advantage in early March.
As Obama dramatically closes the gap in Pennsylvania ~ the Clintons are striking out at everyone, especially Richardson, rather
than realizing that their divisive gutter political attacks are not only hurting the party's chances in November but digging a political hole for themselves from which they may never emerge.
In 1996, New York Times columnist William Safire called Hillary Clinton " A congenital Liar " and he made it stick as we have recently seen with her blatant "under fire at Bosnia" lie . Both the Clinton's and Bush have a deep FEAR OF FAILURE ~ which is one of the reasons they continually lie and why Hillary continues to avoid the reality of the Obama movement as well as an obvious Obama victory.
Bill Clinton's true legacy, besides the stain on Monica Lewinski's dress, has been the triangulating of a true opposition party into the passive centrist DLC establishment party of the status quo and Joe Lieberman. Make no mistake about it, Hillary is a charter member of that establishment party as well as the status quo.
The Superdelegates sense that the Clinton's days are numbered and are rapidly moving toward Obama ~
In December, according to an Associated Press tally, Clinton led Obama by 106 superdelegates. In February, her lead had been cut to 87. As of Thursday, it was 30.
On Wednesday, when Jimmy Carter hinted strongly of his intentions, Obama won support from Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, who had been appointed the state's U.S. attorney by Clinton's husband.
"My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama," Jimmy Carter told a Nigerian newspaper during a visit to Africa. "As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess."
Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania in recent days abandoned plans to stay neutral in the competition between their Senate colleagues. Both are opting for Obama.
And in an embarrassment for Clinton, one of the superdelegates supporting her, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), predicted in an interview with a Canadian radio station over the weekend that Obama would win both the nomination and the presidency.
"I will be stunned if he's not the next president of the United States," Cleaver said.
Senior Democratic party leaders are sending a clear message to the Clinton's: It's time for you to go and if the Clinton's don't hear it soon ~ they'll hurt themselves worst than the party, if they indeed havn't already done it.
The Guardian, UK, says it best ~ " Until now, the Clinton campaign has done a masterful job of depicting the campaign as a tight battle between champion and challenger, one expected to go 15 rounds without a knockout. But it seems far more like a best-of-seven series, one in which, after losing four games, she is inexplicably demanding to play the final three."
Freelance Online columnist and recognized therapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations consultations ~( allen@allenroland.com )
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
Cartoon courtesy of Pat Oliphant / Washington Post
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net
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Laura Roslin (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 32 comments)
on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:33:34 AM
You must be an idiot, Jack ~ for buying into the Clinton line and not recognizing that we can't go backwards with the Clinton's but must go forward with Obama ~ and the poll numbers back me up.
Get on the Obama express before you self-destruct with the Clintons.
Allen L Roland
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Allen L Roland (804 articles, 7 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 330 comments)
on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 8:39:55 PM
