A Frustrating Sideshow

I have not written any posts on the Democratic primary battle because I had hoped things would have settled down by now. How wrong I was. In fact, these past few months have been quite depressing. Last year I was very optimistic about the Democrat's chances at taking back the White House. Now I see that golden opportunity vanishing every day this war between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drags on. For years the Democrats have been more united than I've ever seen them over issues like the failed war in Iraq, the outing of a covert CIA operative, the torture of detainees, the illegal wiretapping of Americans, and the political firings of the U.S. Attorneys. All those subjects have been excellent fodder for the liberal blogosphere and left leaning media in general. But for months now Clinton and Obama, along with their supporters, have been clashing as if they belong to different parties. It's been a frustrating sideshow of media hype and internal squabbles. Meanwhile, all the critical issues that voters really care about have been ignored while the fighting and bogus "reporting" continues. I just hope that the superdelegates will decide on a candidate before the convention so we can get on with the real fight against Senator John McCain. Voters must be reminded over and over that supporting McCain will only result in another four years of George W. Bush policies. And the only way we can convince the voters that McCain would be a disaster is to have all the Democrats united under one ticket. Let's hope that day comes real soon.

Comments

[Michael DeMarco]

Ralph,

You are correct that this has been a less than stellar showing for the party. I am currently in Germany and the news here is that the US has turned the Democratic race into a High School side show. The Europeans are concerned that the US has simply good mad. First the Iraq war, something that was unnecessary and that has affected the world's security. Actually it is amazing how much the security has tightend up here since I was here about a year ago.

Secondly the US economy is now dragging on the rest of the world in a way that will only get worse. The housing market, althought everyone wants you to believe that it was the subprime crisis, it is not. The fact that ordinary folks got caught into bad loans, overextension and falling pension plans is a real issue that will remain for the next President to try to address.

The only hope here is a united front that has to happen soon. If not that will mean more votes for McCain. I really do not believe that the US can stand to have another 4 years of the same old conservative policies in place.

God bless America.

[Ralph DeMarco]

I agree. I keep trying to convince those Dems who won't vote for Clinton or Obama -- because the race has become so heated -- that they are nuts to let McCain continue the same Bush policies that have screwed us for over 7 years. It's difficult because the race has become too personal for them. Gonna post on that shortly.