Democrats On Verge Of Self Destruction

A few months ago I wrote about the possibility that Democrats might find a way to snatch defeat right from the arms of victory in election 2008 and today it appears that they are on course to do just that. Rather than focusing to the issues that Americans care most about, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have gone negative against each other while John McCain visits Iraq and looks presidential. It is not surprising that Hillary Clinton went negative in her campaign against Barack Obama, but it is surprising to me that Obama is starting to do the same thing to Hillary Clinton.

Today, Senator Obama is making a speech where he will talk about his views on race in America. While that subject is of the utmost importance, it is being made at a time when most Americans are concerned about the US economy as record high mortgage foreclosures and big business failures are the top headlines of the day. A month ago, Barack Obama would have been more in tune with the American people and their top concerns, but today Senator Obama has fallen into the Hillary Clinton trap where his campaign is spending more it's time fighting back against the latest Clinton attack.

In a way it is good that Barack Obama has been forced off of his winning message because that has allowed all of us to see what Senator Obama is really made of at his core being. I must admit that my initial support of Barack Obama is not as strong as it was a few weeks ago after hearing his former preacher spout out words of hate from his church pulpit. What effected me more than this preachers words was Barack Obama's response that he had no idea that his minister had this point of view even thought he had attended his church for years. When Obama made that statement, in my eyes he changed from a modern day political leader to just another Washington politician.

While Hillary Clinton has been successful at slowing down the Barack Obama campaign for President, she has not helped her campaign at the same time. It has always been easier to destroy than it has been to create and Hillary Clinton is proving that statement once again. The democratic party has a huge problem right now as both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to fight for the nomination. The sad truth is that Hillary Clinton's negative campaign against Barack Obama will not win her the nomination, but it does have the effect of muddying up the water just enough to turn moderate Republicans and independents against Obama. The ultimate winner in this messed up strategy is John McCain and the Republican Party.

March 18, 2008 Archives