A quick and linky case for Obama
Posted 41 weeks 7 hours ago byEverythings been said before, so this is the quick and linky case for Barack Obama.
I should first note that I posted this on my other blog early on Tuesday, but I just discovered that there was a blog capability here (until now I thought it was just for Ben and Joel), so I'm using this older post as a test run. If all goes well, I think I'll try and post here more often.
LesserEvilLand
Obama makes more sense. Clinton will energize the Republicans who are severely fractured as a party. Obama is already winning over independents, moderates and Republicans. Clinton gives you a percentage point win or a loss. Obama runs away with it.
Ride the Wave
Obama has generated a movement. Young people are engaged like never before. Today’s 18 and 19 year olds were 11 and 12 when Bush was appointed. The have grown up surrounded by Republican messes. They, just like everyone else, want change. And so for them, change is not empty rhetoric. We will see record breaking youth turnout with Obama in November.
President as Brand
A President Obama as spokesman for the American brand is worldchanging.
A man named Obama as leader of the free world will undoubtedly change our image and force those harboring anti-American sentiments to take pause and give us a closer look. It would say something about race and racism in America and help heal those rifts. It would help remind the world that we understand we've messed up in recent years and are taking the steps to change. McCain symbolizes escalation.
On Policy
If you think we should be changing our strategy abroad, ending the occupation of Iraq, boosting our economy by saving the environment, doing something about health care, restoring civil liberties, and putting our resources into our own infrastructure rather than squandering it away abroad, then the choice is clear. Real change in those areas will not come from the Republicans.
Thoughts
re: Uh oh, I think you might be right
Submitted on February 6th, 2008 by OnShakedownIt's not that I don't think Obama is strong, but I am just willing to acknowledge that he is strong for some atypical reasons. Also, you can't deny that he does have weaknesses, but they all do and I think he's has the best chance to win regardless of those.
Obama versus Clinton
Submitted on February 6th, 2008 by BenI don't pretend to understand the dynamics working within the Democratic electorate. But I do know that Clinton's campaign is well organized in my part of Inland Southern California. And I happen to live in a very racially diverse part of the region. Is the Democratic vote divided by race? I heard more than one black voter at my precinct speak well of Hillary Clinton. It seems absurdly stereotypical to think that blacks would vote for Obama. I never thought so. Don't underestimate the Clinton machine. Similarly, don't underestimate the power of party mechanisms to push voters toward the establishment candidate. Independent voters, God love 'em, are not all-powerful.
Hillary gets the nod, we all lose.
Submitted on February 6th, 2008 by Clayton SturnerDems lose because she electrifies the GOP base. If she wins, the country loses because she continues to polarize the country. I cannot imagine a scenario where Hillary gets much accomplished domestically.
I would not count on the youth vote though, they have been energized before and still have failed to show up to the polls.
Uh oh, I think you might be right
Submitted on February 6th, 2008 by BenYou make a great deal of sense. It's not that Obama is strong. The Republicans are weak. McCain? Jeebus! Many Republicans will pinch their noses. Others will sit home.
If Obama is the nominee, my guess is he would compete for many of the same independents as McCain. How's that going to work out? Well, it might depend on your feelings about national security. Are we at war or not? Who's the enemy? Who has the guts to hunt and kill the bad guys?