Matt Drudge (who has good sources in the Clinton campaign) has called the whole primary campaign for Obama. He also says the Clintons have canceled all TV appearances this morning.
I'm listening to Diane Rehm, and all the commentators are saying that Clinton will drop out soon.
I voted for Clinton in the primary, and I think she'd make a better president than Obama. That said, I like Obama, and as soon as the nomination is official, I'm signing up for his campaign. I said after the 2004 debacle that I'd campaign for whoever got the Democratic nomination in 2008, and I stand by that. I can't handle 4 more years of what we've had for the past 8.
More to the point, I don't think the country can.
(And when Clinton drops out, I think I'm going to cry a little, because it wasn't too long ago that I was sure -- could practically *see* it -- that we'd have a woman president.)
Also? This is going to be the ugliest, and probably most violent, presidential campaign this country has ever seen.
She won an appeal of a privacy case in Britain, not the copyright case.
(And when Clinton drops out, I think I'm going to cry a little, because it wasn't too long ago that I was sure -- could practically *see* it -- that we'd have a woman president.)
Yeah. I've been more or less in the Obama camp since Edwards dropped out, and become increasingly frustrated with Clinton's campaign over the last few months. And I still keep getting these flashes of sorrow when I watch her speaking or get into these conversations. I would have happily jumped on board if things had played out differently, even given the recent aggravations. Now I just want it to end already, though.
And *if* Obama offered her the VP slot, part of me wants her to turn it down, because, DAMN IT, why should she have to be second-best?
oops, my bad on the Rowling.
And when Clinton drops out, I think I'm going to cry a little, because it wasn't too long ago that I was sure -- could practically *see* it -- that we'd have a woman president.
You and me both.
My FiL said something really interesting over Passover - that if Obama REALLY wants Clinton to concede gracefully, he should promise to appoint her to the Supreme Court when he becomes President. Because THAT's power. (And there's no reason she couldn't step down and run for President again if she wanted to.)
[And it would be a much less condescending move than offering her VP or Attorney General. "If you let me win, I'll let you work for me!" Um....thanks?]
if you consider the transistor made possible the integrated circuit and the modern computer
And how could you not?
I agree that the upcoming presidential race is going to be ugly. But I think it would have been ugly either way--underbellies were going to be revealed. Is the US more sexist than it is racist? I just don't think this one is going to be settled on the issues. It's going to be ad hominem, start to finish, I fear.
I don't know if the US is ready for either a woman or a black person at the helm. Which means it might end up with a Republican again.
I'd like to be proven wrong.
And *if* Obama offered her the VP slot, part of me wants her to turn it down, because, DAMN IT, why should she have to be second-best?
I agree with this when you say it AND I agreed with it when Obama said it.
And yet, I would SO much prefer to hear somebody step up to the 'By all that is holy, somebody MUST team up to defeat the evil cabal that has destroyed this country's economic stability, that refuses to provide basic care on an equitable basis and who seems Hell bent on making the US the worst global citizens in the history of civilization' plate.
It isn't really about the individual qualities or personality anymore. We are broken and desperate times call for teeny bit of selflessness.
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if Obama REALLY wants Clinton to concede gracefully, he should promise to appoint her to the Supreme Court when he becomes President. Because THAT's power. (And there's no reason she couldn't step down and run for President again if she wanted to.)
Whoa! Who do we know in the campaign...because this is genius.
