so today's the day.....i've been waiting for this day since hillary became first lady back in her husband's administration.
today i got to cast my vote for hillary clinton to become the next president of the united states.
i'm not gonna lie. it felt fucking great!
and it got me thinking about a few things that i've observed and thought about as we head towards the close of junior tuesday or critical tuesday....or whatever you want to call march 4, 2008.
obama, hillary & the media
i spoke with a woman this weekend that made we rethink the way i'm pissed at the media. i complained about the media's love affair with obama. "no," she said. "the media's not running a pro-obama campaign as much as they're running an anti-hillary campaign." true, true.... they're setting obama up to fail by not vetting him and not asking him the hard questions.
this week obama has finally faced some tough questioning. and some bad press coverage concerning his friend rezko and some maybe, possible conversations with canada regarding NAFTA.
welcome to the party, barack. it's rough out there.
best. sign. ever.
when i was at the bill rally this weekend i saw a small boy carrying a sign that read: when i turn 18, i'm voting for chelsea!
hell yeah!
if she wins texas & ohio...
if hillary wins both of the big primaries today... fuck yes! she should go on.
obama currently holds a 150 delegate lead. that's not huge considering... and consider most of all... this is after "11 straight victories."
if obama's won 11 straight and he hasn't wrapped up this nomination...why should the process not go on? if he was winning big, important states (not that you're not important, connecticut) wouldn't he have this thing in the bag?
hillary has a strong narrative if she wins the two big states tonight that she can carry the important states the dems will need to win.
yes, yes.... i've heard all the bullshit about "obama is winning in red states." "oooh - look how impressive!" "barack can make gains in the red states."
ummmm, people. i hate to break up your little party, but....
obama won the DEMOCRATIC primaries in those states. it's a democratic race. a democrat was gonna win that election. ya see how that works?
it's not magic that a democrat won a democratic election in a red state.
guess what? the GOP will win those states come november.
so hillary has a strong argument if she wins texas and ohio tonight.
if hillary loses texas or ohio...
i think she needs to drop out. especially if she loses ohio.
hillary runs into a math problem if she loses either of those states. it's already hard for her without enormous wins tonight... but the argument is stronger for her if she wins both.
ohio decided the presidency back in 2004. if she wins there...she could go on with some sort of argument and declaration of victory.
but the realist in me knows that if she doesn't win both states tonight... she won't get the nomination.
at that point...we need to end this race and focus on the general. it's what's best for the party.
and i want a democrat in the white house. even if that means that windbag obama.
final thoughts
texas is the only state where you can vote twice legally. so be sure to vote TWICE today.
caucus tonight.
it's not every year that texas plays an important role in the process. hell... it's not every decade.
but this year we do... and you owe it to yourself to take advantage and take apart of this exciting election year.
because after today.... texas goes red again and (to use a texas phrase) we won't make a lick of difference.
go hillary!
e.
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