Barack Obama: Man of the hour
April 6, 2008
By G. Tracy Mehan III
Is Senator Barack Obama just another liberal Democrat waiting to be slaughtered in the general election?
No doubt, this drives Hillary Clinton, spouse of the Great Triangulator, nuts as her once certain victory slips away.
Consider: Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate.
It is hard to imagine a domestic problem for which Senator Obama is not ready, willing and able to write a really big check to solve.
For the entire campaign to date, Senator Obama has enlisted the support of 1,276,000 contributors, an amazing number and an indicator of deep grass-roots support.
Patrick Ruffini, a Republican Internet campaign expert, has been chronicling the on-line success of the Obama campaign throughout the election. He reminded readers in late February how impressed Republicans were when George W. Bush announced a record $37 million dollar fundraising haul for the first six months of 1999. Obama has taken this game to an entirely new level.
Obama could be in danger of becoming a divisive figure rather than the avatar of change if he lets the Clinton campaign and Pastor Wright rob him of his universal, i.e., non-racial, appeal. Time will tell if his Philadelphia speech and his personal demeanor will mitigate the threat.
Even the war in Iraq is not as big a threat given that he has at least half the country with him on that issue already.
The fall campaign is shaping up to be a contest of strength against strength or strength on weakness. The two campaigns will talk past each other, hoping to convince the electorate that their favored issue is the most important one for the future of the Republic.
(Excerpt) Read More at The American Spectator
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