Views on Senator Clinton

Before the beginning of this election cycle I thought with glee how the far right would go into shock if Senator Clinton became President. I started out wanting Senator Edward's to win. But he could not get the traction needed. It was funny to watch Edward's propose something, then Obama and Clinton would go along with is and present it like it was their idea in the first place.

Once Senator Edward's dropped out and I had to decide between Clinton and Obama. They both had similar positions, I ended up supporting Senator Obama. I thought he was a person that would make the Democratic party stronger in the long run. Also most his financing came from small donners, Clinton on the other hand appears to me to be beholding to the big lobbyists and contributors that she started with.

I see Senator Clinton now and it is like Governor Huckabee earlier this year. Even though it was virtually impossible for Governor Huckabee to win he continued on until Senator McCain won a majority. The same as Senator Clinton is doing now. They were both being told they should step down for party unity. Both continued even against the nay sayers. What saddens me and yes at time angers me is that unlike Governor Huckabee, Senator Clinton keeps trying to damage Senator Obama, which is something that Governor Huckabee did not do with Senator McCain. On top of that she is appearing to be a sore loser. She wants to change the rules at the end of the contest so she can have a chance to win. Even though these were the rules she agreed to play by at the beginning of the campaign.

Senator Obama perceived the weaknesses that Senator Clinton had and still has. She focuses only on the big states. Senator Obama's team focused on all states. She went for the big contributors, he went for many more small ones. He was able to swing things his way despite all of Senator Clinton's advantages. He and his team were just plain smarter than Clinton and her team was. This means that Senator Obama has much bigger coat tails than Senator Clinton has. Obama already has organizations in all 50 states. With him as the candidate, we will elect more democrats down ticket than Clinton would. Obama has bourght in more people into the party than Clinton and will continue to do so in the future.

It pains me that Senator Clinton appears to be setting Senator Obama up for failure in FLorida and Michigan. I know she wants to win, but at what cost. A broken and shattered party?

I do not doubt that Obama's supporters would turn on Clinton at this point. I know the exit polls say Obama's voters say they would vote for Clinton, but it is easy to say that when your candidate is winning. If the roles were reversed you would see Obama's supporters saying what Clinton's supporters are saying now. Even worse Clinton would have to basically cheat to win, which would turn off even more people. At this point , if Clinton became the Democratic candidate I would not vote for her. I would vote for some third party candidate instead. I have done so more than once in the past.