I am a Barack Obama supporter but I have always said that you cannot count Hillary Clinton out. Many have called for her to step down because the math is not in her favor. I beg to differ. She is down by 86 points and that is not the deathknell to her campaign at this point. I may be a little controversial in my assessment but I believe that her goal is to take this to the convention and get the nomination through negotiations, which, I will admit would be in her favor. You just cannot count Team Clinton out. For people like Warren Ballentine who said that he will call for a “blackout” if she gets the nomination, I say to him go ahead. This will work if it become painfully obvious that the Democratic Party is trying to disenfrachised the voters of those states deliberately. I will agree with him if they give those votes to Hillary Clinton, which in essence, would be stealing the nomination. If that were to occur, I will not vote Democratic.
Ballenetine wants Billary to step down and make room for Obama. But why should she? All is not lost for her. Let us see what will transpire in the coming weeks. I say to Barack Obama, get a backbone and stand up to the vitriol that is being lobbed your way. He will be dogged by the Rezko scandal and his failure to speak up in a timely and substantive fashion about NAFTA. He needs to stop saying “I think” and start saying “I will.” Barack Obama can be the President of America, so too can Hillary Clinton, but he has to get firmer, not nastier. He has to confront her not berate her. He needs to bring up the issue of her failure to release her tax returns. Is she hiding something? Why do we have to wait until April 15th for 2007?
To all the “truthfighters” stop expecting people to treat Obama with kid gloves. This campaign and the race for the White House is much bigger than Obama. To all the blacks that are saying Hillary Clinton is low and doing bad things to Obama, get real. This is politics and what the game is all about. I want to see Obama stand up and deliver some of the sames punches he just took. If he continues on the same trajectory, we may very well see Hillary Clinton the nominee and possibly President of the United States.
Warren Ballentine, stop hating on Hillary Clinton and start focusing on the vulnerabilities of Barack Obama and how best we can overcome them. Hillary Clinton is in the fight of her life and people like fighters. Mark my words, as dirty as the game is, you cannot count Team Clinton out! Howard Dean needs to man up and do something about the delegates in the two states. I am wondering why the elected officials in both states did not speak up when the decision was made. What we have is the makings of a party in crisis, set to implode within a few weeks. If the DNC fails the people, then by all means, I am down with a “blackout.” Just my thoughts, you be the judge.
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