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The failure of America is that it doesn't live up to its promise of opportunity for everyone. It says there is opportunity for everyone but in reality there is only opportunity for those that are chosen. The majority of the opportunity goes to those at the top of the food chain the rich, and the least to those at the bottom, the poor.
The current president has taken 9/11 and turned it into an unpopular war abroad and a recession at home. At a time when his party should be reeling they are high fiving all over the place. The Democrats can't agree on who should run for president.
The democratic party managed to promote two individuals to the top of the ticket. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. This was a very good thing. The party is sure to have either the countries first women candidate or the first Black candidate to be nominated by a serious party in history.
The selection process has not been so good after narrowing it down to 2 people. Indeed, the negative campaign's of mostly the Clintons are threatening to initiate a full scale meltdown of the party.
It is a race between race and gender and it shouldn't be. People talk issues but then vote race. People talk opportunity but then vote gender. People talk peace but then vote fear.
From the beginning the Obama campaign out of necessity has preached coalition. The Clinton campaign had assumed her nomination until it was almost too late and now she is talking about fear.
Fear that a man - older than her husband was when he took office would lack the skills necessary to handle the country. Fear that he might be a muslim. Fear that he might be making backdoor deals with Canada.
Her message of fear gave her 3 states yesterday - but it's cost to the party was great. No more illusions about the Clintons doing was best for anyone - other than themselves.
The sad commentary is had she fought for some of the little states along the way - this race would probably be over in her favor. She basically gave away states after Super Tuesday because of some insane thought that those delegates were somehow less valuable.
Clinton is smart enough and experienced enough to be president - she has had horrible advice. It placed her in the position of being desperate. Desperate peolple have high reward and also high regret. Right now she is looking in the mirror and realizing she doesn't have enough to win as it stands.
She must go even more negative and hope her opposition crumbles. She must ask for Delegates from two states that she knew wouldn't count be counted. She began her speech last night by saying I have won these states and listed both Florida and Michigan despite little real opposition.
She wants it both ways - to be a victim of gender bashing - while bashing Obama's gender and race. She wants to disenfranchise every other state that followed the rules except for Florida and Michigan who must not be disenfranchised because it's now a close race.
She wants women to vote for her because she is a woman running against a man and the glass ceiling but Blacks to vote for her because she is the best person for the job. She wants whites to not vote for someone who may be a christian as far as she knows.
She wants Obama to stop saying he opposed the War when he clearly did and she wants her vote to not really count. She wants him to stop giving speeches because she can't match his rallies. She says she offers solutions even though her and his positions on 95% of all subjects is exactly the same. Her speech is - he doesn't give solutions but I do. She offers no more solutions than he does she just says it.
The end result is a party that can only deliver on the promise of opportunity by motion and not deed. Someone will have to do something right and selfless to let the party move forward. Neither side seems to be willing to entertain that thought. A sure win has degenerated into a scrum.
The winner is likely to look as muddy as the loser and have damaged their chances to win in November.
The current president has taken 9/11 and turned it into an unpopular war abroad and a recession at home. At a time when his party should be reeling they are high fiving all over the place. The Democrats can't agree on who should run for president.
The democratic party managed to promote two individuals to the top of the ticket. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. This was a very good thing. The party is sure to have either the countries first women candidate or the first Black candidate to be nominated by a serious party in history.
The selection process has not been so good after narrowing it down to 2 people. Indeed, the negative campaign's of mostly the Clintons are threatening to initiate a full scale meltdown of the party.
It is a race between race and gender and it shouldn't be. People talk issues but then vote race. People talk opportunity but then vote gender. People talk peace but then vote fear.
From the beginning the Obama campaign out of necessity has preached coalition. The Clinton campaign had assumed her nomination until it was almost too late and now she is talking about fear.
Fear that a man - older than her husband was when he took office would lack the skills necessary to handle the country. Fear that he might be a muslim. Fear that he might be making backdoor deals with Canada.
Her message of fear gave her 3 states yesterday - but it's cost to the party was great. No more illusions about the Clintons doing was best for anyone - other than themselves.
The sad commentary is had she fought for some of the little states along the way - this race would probably be over in her favor. She basically gave away states after Super Tuesday because of some insane thought that those delegates were somehow less valuable.
Clinton is smart enough and experienced enough to be president - she has had horrible advice. It placed her in the position of being desperate. Desperate peolple have high reward and also high regret. Right now she is looking in the mirror and realizing she doesn't have enough to win as it stands.
She must go even more negative and hope her opposition crumbles. She must ask for Delegates from two states that she knew wouldn't count be counted. She began her speech last night by saying I have won these states and listed both Florida and Michigan despite little real opposition.
She wants it both ways - to be a victim of gender bashing - while bashing Obama's gender and race. She wants to disenfranchise every other state that followed the rules except for Florida and Michigan who must not be disenfranchised because it's now a close race.
She wants women to vote for her because she is a woman running against a man and the glass ceiling but Blacks to vote for her because she is the best person for the job. She wants whites to not vote for someone who may be a christian as far as she knows.
She wants Obama to stop saying he opposed the War when he clearly did and she wants her vote to not really count. She wants him to stop giving speeches because she can't match his rallies. She says she offers solutions even though her and his positions on 95% of all subjects is exactly the same. Her speech is - he doesn't give solutions but I do. She offers no more solutions than he does she just says it.
The end result is a party that can only deliver on the promise of opportunity by motion and not deed. Someone will have to do something right and selfless to let the party move forward. Neither side seems to be willing to entertain that thought. A sure win has degenerated into a scrum.
The winner is likely to look as muddy as the loser and have damaged their chances to win in November.
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