National Election- National Editorial by www.jamestowncalif.com Obama and Clinton in Unity
Obama and Clinton in Unity, N.H.
Presidential Candidate Mrs. Hillary Clinton concedes to Barack Obama for the nomination for the Democratic Party for President of the United States. Clinton endorses Obama after conceding and gave a speech to promote his candidacy for electing him this November.
After the concession, why have not the Democratic Party shown the People voting Democrat that the party is indeed unified?
There have been many obstacles for Senator Obama running against Clinton for that nomination. The two campaigned hard, and at times, some of the rhetoric was ugly and unfortunate. Former President Bill Clinton has not 100 percent endorsed Obama like other Democratic leaders have, and it shows still that the party is not unified. Could this ordeal cost the party the election against John McCain, and why haven’t former leaders within the Democratic Party been more assertive on their endorsements by actions rather than all the propaganda we have seen on television going back and forth on possible running mates? There are still so many former Clinton supporters and voters threatening not to vote for Obama even though they are all Democrats? It shows lack of unity, and it shows betrayal of the party, the political system, and it shows uncanny political tactics the fact that this issue is front and center of the National Election.
Had Hillary Clinton not been so blatant on her statements while running against Obama in the campaign, she may have been a shoe in for the Vice Presidential ticket. Instead Obama is being threatened by her and now by her supporters in the National Election. Many women whom voted for and support Clinton have made statements that many will vote for McCain instead of Obama even though they are registered as Democrats. A form of blackmail is what is taking place within the Democratic Party because of this lack of Unity.
Clinton has endorsed Obama beginning with her speech in Unity wearing blue giving people a hope that there can be a change in leadership on its way November. But through the thick and thin, it is the voters that ultimately will make the decision and difference this election 2008. The lack of Unity within the party is helping John McCain gain percentage points in the polls. Obviously those Clinton Supporters that are not supporting Obama although being in the same party are affecting this election and could cost the party the election by their lack of unity. Now it is a bit more obvious, as if the two parties are merged into One party fooling all of us, and changing the course of history which is now in the making.
The fact that women or/and Clinton supporters being Democrat not supporting Obama shows one of two things. One it shows the supporters are not loyal to the party and care more about their own agendas then they do for the party itself. Two it shows a bias of the candidates, and the unwillingness to move forward by supporting the nominee after Obama won by accumulating the needed delegates to become the party’s leader. This can cost the party the election what is happening. The fact that on television it is said over and over that Clinton Supporters will not vote for Obama shows a prejudice. For what reason, it doesn’t matter, but a lot of it looks like the race issue and the gender issue are affecting the influence. Women that supported and still support Clinton are a big percentage of the voting core. The fact that Clinton has endorsed Obama should be enough for those voters to sway to Obama out of party unity. Instead it is the opposite showing that those voters particular women want to have the say in this election by being persuasive on television and in social gatherings threatening not to Vote for Obama and vote for McCain simply because she lost. It is absurd what is happening within the ranks of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is smiling about this lack of Unity between the two leaders.
Yes, Clinton is a key figure in American Politics. But the nomination process is over and it is time to move on from the nomination process to the actual election process itself. Obama was more in the lead while she was still in the process than he is now because of all these threats and changes.
It is important for the women and Clinton Supporters to make a choice. Either re-register as an Independent or Republican or Libertarian or give up their status being a Democrat because what these people are doing is a disservice and is sabotaging the party and the election. Obviously those supporters care more about themselves and their standing/status then they do for the United States.
The people have spoken, but not all of them. The people have voted in Obama rather than Clinton for the nomination. Politics is not clean, but it is important not to over do the discrediting of one’s candidate to protect the integrity of the election process something these Clinton supporters have not done.
Obama will soon nominate a Vice Presidential candidate. The Voters are concerned about the National Politics and the International Issues facing us in the near future. What it looks like after the process has been taken place that there is a set agenda and perhaps it doesn’t matter what the people think, or want, or say anymore because it is all an inside job from the political speeches, to the rhetoric on the Television spots to the overall process. One of the biggest reasons is watching these two not being unified hearing Bill Clinton not fully endorse Obama out of being a poor sport or being soar that Hillary Clinton didn’t get the needed Delegates to win. Obviously they have not heard the many people speak. But in these times, it is the minority, the special interests, the government agencies, the crooked employees of the state calling the shots, and one thing I notice is that people are tending to be not as enthused for change even though the National Economy has fallen so dearly.
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