Hillary,You Have a Phone Call, It’s The Invisible Voter…
Hillary Clinton eeked out a victory in Indiana last night. Barack Obama had a decisive victory in North Carolina.
Hillary, You have a phone call.
It is from a very loyal invisible base that had been staunch supporters of you and your husband.
The message? Black voters are done with you.
Not that you care, the last few elections reveal that, but the astonishing margin with which blacks voted against you is telling.
Maybe it was South Carolina, or the way you looked at Obama with open hatred or it could even have been your negative ad campaign, but what worked for the “white blue collar” worker didn’t work for a political group you will need to get this nomination.
As Gary, Indiana told you on the phone tonight, it is not something that can be repaired. The breech between you and those who thought you could do no wrong is too wide.
Did you catch the part about three to one voted for Barack Obama? Yes, that was the woman who watched and thought, how you must despise him , she said that she had never seen anyone look at someone with such hatred.
But congratulations you did it!
You alienated the most loyal voting block in the Democratic Party.
If you win the nomination, you may have an interesting time convincing black people why one of your talking points about being invisible in America excludes the most invisible group in America from your campaign.
Hillary, keep the phone close, you may need to answer it again.
At 3 AM.
I don’t think she can hear it ringing, given that she is preoccupied with borrowing money trying to keep afloat.
Unfortunately, she will not take the victory with grace road, and it is getting uglier and uglier.
That written, I still think her dirty politics has given Mr. Obama a good political lesson, has allowed him to strengthen his muscles without going negative, and I still think all of this will serve him well in the General Election.
Perhaps most important, Hillary showed that fear and smear isn’t going to work in 2008, as it cost her dearly.
McCain and the Republicans won’t be able to use it effectively this time around: it will be a race between restoring and renewing America, and engaging in the same old failed policies.
100 years in Iraq will haunt him.
Guarded optimism is a good thing. Cynicism cost Hillary this nomination, and it gave Mr. Obama the needed leverage to gain center stage in this nation. Moreover, he has survived the first storm.
Congratulations, Mr. Obama.
Job well done.
Comment by bluesmokeofparadise — May 7, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Thank You for your comment. I am interested to see just how this plays out.
Comment by zacca — May 12, 2008 @ 4:00 am