The Bane of the Democrats

Is Hillary Rodham Clinton.

She is pushing, and pushing, and pushing that Michigan and Florida be counted. There is one problem, and I find this upsetting: Obama and Clinton AGREED, yes AGREED not to campaign in Florida and Michigan because they broke party rules.

Clinton AGREED to this, but now for her own personal gain and to no benefit of the party she is absolutely hurting the party in every conceivable way. She agreed not to campaign in those two states, but now that she “won” the states she wants them to be counted. And by “win” I mean being the only big name on the ballot in Florida with an upstart no one knew in Obama as the opponent and her being the ONLY person on the ballot in Michigan.

The more Clinton talks the more she stirs the emotions of the voters in Florida and Michigan and the worse Obama looks even though it’s not his fault. He simply complied with the request of the party, as did Hillary.

But Hillary is a victim of double talk on this. She’s changing her tune and it makes her sound good. But it hurts the party in the long run.

Note to Mrs. Clinton: do the Dems’ a favor and stop. Double talk again and downplay the votes of Michigan and Florida. Howard Dean’s plan has always been to seat the delegates after a candidate has been selected, but guess what? He can’t do that with you in the race.

This hurts the Democrats chances in November as Obama is in Florida trying to appease voters. He’s going to need that state in November against McCain, but the Republicans will have a field day there if this doesn’t get resolved soon.

Hillary, please think of your party and concede defeat.

Superdelegates, please end this.

It’s only going to get worse.

Uh oh Hillary?

Hillary Clinton will say that she’s winning and leading for the nomination and all that. She’s happy and touting her victories in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. On the surface, you might say Clinton is the front runner.

But… wait. Clinton was ahead by about 20 points nationally just a couple months ago. But now? Obama and her are in a basic dead heat, especially since Obama won a whopping 13 states last night. In the delegates both candidates are also in a dead heat.

Ok, maybe you still give Clinton the edge and possibly the momentum for blunting Obama’s comeback. I mean, she did win California and New York. She also won by double digits in both.

Thing is… she just donated $5 million to her own campaign. Obama just got $32 million in the month of January alone. There’s still a long way to go and one candidate clearly has more money than the other at this point.

Not only is she potentially running out of money, but now MSNBC reported that Hillary’s staff is working for FREE. Yes, free. That’s not good, as you might imagine. Politico.com reports that sources close to Obama say he’s on pace for $30 million in February.

Uh oh Hillary?

But you gotta wonder. Hillary was favored by so much just a couple weeks ago, and now they’re even. She could’ve went for the jugular, but now she’ll have to slowly grind it out. This reminds me of a sporting event or a game or a match or whatever you term it. The underdog is hanging around and hanging around and is being allowed to hang around by the favorites.

Obama is taking advantage of his opportunities and Clinton isn’t.

And now we’re entering the fourth quarter of the conference finals with a tie.

Who’s gonna make it to the championship?

Initial reactions to Super Tuesday.

It’s safe to say that Sen. McCain has wrapped up the Republican nomination. With Romney and Huckabee dueling it out over second place McCain continues to garner states and keep his front runner status. As we continue with the states I’m sure McCain will continue to take states despite not being amazingly popular with conservatives.

However, there might be a problem with him during the General Election. He failed to get any of the southern states. Huckabee essentially sweeped those while Romney took a lot of the northern states, including Alaska.

On the Democrat side, it’s essentially a tie. Though, it’s an impressive tie for Obama. He was way back in the polls a month ago and now he’s neck and neck with Clinton and won more states than her.

It’s been a long and exciting Super Tuesday, but tomorrow morning we’ll get on the delegate counts.

Just a side note: My condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the tornados in the south. Hopefully they can get aid as soon as possible.