It may not be possible for one candidate to rise up at this point and overcome Hillary Clinton. But the two second-tier candidates, Obama anad Edwards, topple Clinton in short order when their support is combined. Even taking away Obama supporters who would not join in supporting Edwards for a running mate and Edwards supporters who might not join in supporting Obama as the carrier of more votes than Edwards, we still have the noticeable support for Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel. These supporters are concerned primarily with getting out of the Mideast. Knowing the facts, most of them should fight to have a peacemaker take the expected nomination away from Clinton.
It would be primarily up to John Edwards, who is running third. It would be a heroic act, but I have seen enough sparks of heroism in Edwards. His joining in and giving his support to Obama and leading the third-tier candidates to do the same would give us what may be the ONLY chance of overcoming an otherwise strong candidate who suffers, alas, from any genuine credibility in her determination to stop this Mideast jingoism. In that one aspect, she is frightening close to the Republican contenders.
How many supporters of John Edwards would take deep breaths and turn their attention from the candidate they most admire to pile up the support Obama needs to overtake Clinton? The same goes for the supporters of the third-tier people. And the BIG question is whether John Edwards himself could be persuaded to consider such a heroic move.
You know if I had my chance to form the perfect ticket I would make it an Edwards/Obama ticket, for two reason mostly. One, that this is Edwards second run at this and he deserves to have the top spot, and Two my fear that America may sill have trouble electing an African American.
But let's face it, if Edwards/Obama did as well as we expect during their eight years in office then Obama could stroll into the White House in the next election.
By the way I must give credit to my good friend Enigma over at Watergate Summer for the idea for this post.
I'm with you, man. I think Hillary will just create another 4-8 years of rightwingnut diversion. Her candidacy is illad-vised.
ReplyDeleteObama-Edwards, Edwards-Obama, I'm good to go.
Who are you, Gryphen? I just discovered your blog despite searching for Alaska blogs for a couple years. And according to your sitemeter numbers, you're the mac daddy of Alaskan Bloggers.
I am just a pissed off liberal who figured it was better to send my frustrations out into cyberspace rather then yelling them out into the wilderness from my back porch.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the compliment.