» The fight for control of the Democratic Party, election be damned
21 April 2008 - 7:00pm
The fight for control of the Democratic Party, election be damned
By media girl
What seems apparent to me -- and correct me if I'm wrong -- is that the Hillary Clinton campaign is waging a battle to retain (or restore) the DLC control of the Democratic Party. Why else this suicide run ostensibly aimed at the White House. She has no mathematical chance of winning, save for a Superdelegate trump play. And her scorched-Earth campaign tactics seem designed to prevent Barack Obama from ever succeeding.
It's like the #1 priority is to prevent Obama's campaign from waging a successful insurgency against the old-politics power center of the Democratic Party. The DLC.
What is the election tomorrow about? Why is the mainstream media even playing along? What's going on here?
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Hillary Clinton is looking more like the self centered Elitist she claims not to be and is ruining the democrats chance to win big.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Pt3ifLGJZi2NPoc_2ftI_2...
Whose survey is this? What's it about? Care to share?
In response to Ole Blue and the democrats chance to win big...I would like to comment about political power and who has it. As an internet radio host, I'm preparing for my show next week and the topic is power abuse in the political arena. The republican party has immense power because of the structure not the candidate. Honestly, would Bush have won on a democratic ticket?
I want to remind folks about our history. Republicans were the party of Lincoln and African Americans were loyal to that party. It wasn't until FDR's reforms did African Americans make the switch. Although the republican party wouldn't have endorsed Obama, if they had, and Obama reminded African Americans of their historical alliance with the republican party, it would be a different race. Would Obama have enough power to influence people to switch parties?
Instead of focusing on Obama/Clinton, we should really concentrate on the strength and increasing the democractic powerbase as a political structure. The republicans have a powerful segment the Christian Right, it's a movement with a life of it's own. Think about it, the republicans managed to elect a man twice whose legacy will be that he successfully created a war. That is power!
Holly Campbell
Internet Radio Host
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