#76
Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:22pm
Let me be brutally honest and give a nod to my bestest bud in the whole world, Pal Joey. The Democrats only choice of regaining the White House at the start of the race rested on the shoulders of Evan Byah, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson and Hillary Clinton.
Byah opted out unfortunately; Richardson didn't gain traction sadly and Obama's biggest rival poor thing miscued early in the primary race.
Edwards was class-war mongering damaged goods from the Kerry era; Kucinich too much a UFO-spotting peacenik during wartime; Biden too prone to stick his foot in his mouth with questionable health; Dodd too tied to the subprime lending debacle and Vilsack a total non-starter.
The Dems did not put up the best field this year.
Obama emerged the nominee and that's that. I do believe that his aim to be an agent for change at the start of his campaign was sincere. However, political reality is setting in on the Obama camp. 'Dat azz gotta stay left of McBush and slightly right of Hillary to have a snowball's chance in hell of being sworn in as POTUS come Jan 09.
There are boatloads of lifelong Dems that will not vote for him because he's got only half the right demographic profile and it’s not a small swath either. Obama cannot run the same kind of general election campaign that Hillary would have ran had she made the final cut. Despite the historical significance of both Obama and Hillary's aspirations, they have vastly different litmus tests when it comes to presidential politics.
I'll also share a secret thought of mine with you Marc and other Dems. If Obama doesn't make it over the wall in Nov, the front runner in 2012 will be Evan Byah and not Hillary.
Evan Byah is the most presidential looking Democrat on this planet right now with all due respect to Barack Obama. He's also very much in the hunt for an Obama veep nod despite his earlier "allegiance" to Hillary.
Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed, especially when campaign debt must be retired. The Democrats gotta use subterfuge, obfuscation, slight-of-hand and any-damned-contrivance imaginable if they expect to send one of their own to the White House.
It was never going to be a slam dunk for the Dems, even with McBush emerging as the opposition. Why? The party is obsessed with Northeast-DC-Hollywood elites. Recall that philandering country bumpkin Bill Clinton had a tough go at in his primary baptism before cleaning Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown’s clock.
Byah opted out unfortunately; Richardson didn't gain traction sadly and Obama's biggest rival poor thing miscued early in the primary race.
Edwards was class-war mongering damaged goods from the Kerry era; Kucinich too much a UFO-spotting peacenik during wartime; Biden too prone to stick his foot in his mouth with questionable health; Dodd too tied to the subprime lending debacle and Vilsack a total non-starter.
The Dems did not put up the best field this year.
Obama emerged the nominee and that's that. I do believe that his aim to be an agent for change at the start of his campaign was sincere. However, political reality is setting in on the Obama camp. 'Dat azz gotta stay left of McBush and slightly right of Hillary to have a snowball's chance in hell of being sworn in as POTUS come Jan 09.
There are boatloads of lifelong Dems that will not vote for him because he's got only half the right demographic profile and it’s not a small swath either. Obama cannot run the same kind of general election campaign that Hillary would have ran had she made the final cut. Despite the historical significance of both Obama and Hillary's aspirations, they have vastly different litmus tests when it comes to presidential politics.
I'll also share a secret thought of mine with you Marc and other Dems. If Obama doesn't make it over the wall in Nov, the front runner in 2012 will be Evan Byah and not Hillary.
Evan Byah is the most presidential looking Democrat on this planet right now with all due respect to Barack Obama. He's also very much in the hunt for an Obama veep nod despite his earlier "allegiance" to Hillary.
Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed, especially when campaign debt must be retired. The Democrats gotta use subterfuge, obfuscation, slight-of-hand and any-damned-contrivance imaginable if they expect to send one of their own to the White House.
It was never going to be a slam dunk for the Dems, even with McBush emerging as the opposition. Why? The party is obsessed with Northeast-DC-Hollywood elites. Recall that philandering country bumpkin Bill Clinton had a tough go at in his primary baptism before cleaning Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown’s clock.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
