Wednesdays remain busy at my real job so I didn’t get to offer my post-Pennsylvania analysis this morning. Just as well. I had nothing to add that others weren’t saying. Clinton won by 9 points giving her a reason to continue the campaign while Obama ensured that he will win the pledged delegate race and probably the nomination unless the remaining uncommitted super delegates overrule the blah blah blah. You’ve heard this.
Here’s the thing. Practically, Obama has won the nomination. If all the remaining voters and superdelegates announced their intention tomorrow it would be done. Instead we must endure traditional existence within the space time continuum. Thus, the next several weeks are going to be really ugly in the Democratic party. Democrats have a chance to end it with an Obama sweep of North Carolina and Indiana, but Clinton might well eke it out in Indiana. After that it’s nothing but miles and miles of Appalachia. We will endure more moronic pandering (enough to make Monday night’s WWE appearances by Clinton and Obama seem like JFK in East Berlin) through these heavily pro-Clinton but delegate-poor states like West Virginia and Kentucky. I fear many in the progressive blogging community — heavily pro-Obama — will suffer serious medical problems. Thus, my advice.
Get drunk. Stay drunk.
If you can’t afford it make your own. That’s what they do in Appalachia. And they might vote Clinton there but they also don’t worry about things Joe Scarborough says on MSNBC and that’s where I want to be.
The outcome (Obama wins) will be assured in June, but June is far away. Keep blogging if you want. Post to your heart’s content. Media people, keep on pontificating. Political observers; keep on observin’. Hey, I don’t even care if you’re with Obama or Clinton. But for everyone’s sake we’ve all got to figure out some way to keep heart rates down. It’s a long haul to November.
I know it’s tacky for the Iron Ranger to pitch drinking as a problem solver. Don’t take me literally here. I’m just saying that ONE way to make the next two months seem fuzzy and more pleasant than they actually are is to drink a lot. There are probably others. Ideas?
Just think – all those states that have been pushing to move their primary earlier in the season because they thought they would get more attention and more campaign dollars. In fact, the states that left their primary alone, like Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina, are making more hay off this than those who jumped. If they had stayed put, those “jumpers” would get more attention, more dollars spent, etc, AND WE’D BE HAVING A PRIMARY SEASON THAT MADE SOME SENSE.
I vote everybody be forced to go back to their original dates, original orders, and stop with the “We have to be first or we don’t count” mentality.
Yust my 2 cents……
Here’s the thing. Practically, Obama has won the nomination.
I think if the Obama campaign really believed this it would be ignoring Clinton. It isn’t because the nomination is not locked up.
If Obama continues to struggle in states that where the Democratic primary isn’t dominated by black voters, there are going to be a lot of very hard questions getting asked about his viability in the fall. The only thing saving him now is that there are plenty of questions about Clinton’s viability to win as well.
I think there are a lot of us who don’t much care who wins the nomination as long as they win in November. What’s depressing is President John McCain.