Billary

Though I do care about the election, I also care that it is 10 months away, and there are other stories that need to be covered in the national press that are disregarded for Hillary downing shots of Crown Royal, and McCain erroneously labeling sides of armed conflicts. My thoughts at this juncture: we have had the same two families preside over the executive branch for the last 16years; in a nation of 300 million and growing, I would hope that we have the open mindedness to allow some fresh bloodlines into the office. We need serious change; our country is in dire straights in all aspects, economically, politically, and socially. We need to be united, not further divided. We need someone who can present a progressive face to the outside world, where our influence has been so undermined over the last 8 years. We need a uniter, who can get beyond the sound bites and petty bickering that seem to plague the Clinton campaign. Obama simply has more class than Hillary; this has shown again and again; he refuses to stoop to her barroom level of politics; he refuses to rake the same muck, to take the bait. While this alone is not the indicator of a good President, it is a quality that I look for in a leader. The quality to transcend, to look forward, to see the big picture. Obama gets it. Hillary does not. Get out of the way, please.
Nicholas Kristof puts its best, as always, in his op-ed piece for the NYTimes:


The Post Poll
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
In Thursday’s column, I mention The Washington Post poll published Wednesday, and it must be pretty depressing reading. For starters, Barack Obama now seems to have a growing national lead of about 10 points, and Bill Clinton’s negatives are now higher than his positives. Secondly, while Hillary Clinton’s attacks on Obama have dented him a bit, at least against John McCain, they’ve boomeranged and hurt her even more. Nearly 60 percent in the latest poll say that she is not “honest and trustworthy.”

So I just don’t see why she stays in the race. She’s too far behind in states and pledged delegates to catch up, and if she could get ahead in popular votes she could make an argument to the superdelegates. But when you’re behind in every category, including 700,000 popular votes behind right now, you don’t even have an argument. And it seems to me that she undermines her ability to come back in four years, if Obama loses, the longer she continues the campaign. It’s certainly not in Obama’s interest for her to remain in the race — continued internecine battles reduce his chances against McCain — but I don’t see how she benefits, either.


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