South Carolina shouts
The Obama South Carolina victory was the first really decisive contest yet of the Democratic primary race. His victory speech seemed a powerful tour of his thinking over the past couple weeks, a combination finger wag and group hug. This kind of emotion-getting natural-born speechifying is something we as a nation have been sorely missing over the past eight years. Now that it’s over, Obama and Clinton together have to get back to Washington to do their jobs— ie, stand up with Sen Chris Dodd for an enormously important legislative action against the Administration’s unconstitutional eavesdropping bill and then sit for what will be another of the not-naturally-gifted President’s State of the Unions. (Cliff Notes version: “War, Government Lawlessness, Crippled Economy; Overall Not Good.”
Are Americans apathetic about politics? Not this year, baby. More than 520,000 votes were cast in Saturday’s South Carolina primary. The Associated Press reports that only 280,000 were cast in 2004.
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Hillary has lost focus and has engaged in an aggressive attack against Obama. I deeply regret that she and her husband, which I have admired very much, have chosen this way of campaigning. It is destructive for her and for all democratic hopefuls.
I candidate must rely on their strength and not on the real (and especially not the implied) weaknesses of their opponent.
The candidate who can rise above this squabbling will gain respect and support.
I want to think, beyond all valid reasoning, of course, that Obama’s victory in this squabbling chapter of the race will put an end to the worst of the attack campaigning and everyone will benefit as a result. I know… call me crazy.
Woop! A week ago, I heard Hillary speak and thought, “She’d make a good President; I’d love to have a woman in office; her husband did a good job; etc.”
When I hear Obama, I think, “Yeah Haw! This guy would really give our country a much needed kick in the ass! He’ll change the way people think.”