Posted by
Justin Haskins on Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:16:52 AM
With Hillary's ridiculous attempts to establish re-votes in Michigan and Florida, we have seen absolutely desperate actions from the once powerful Clinton political machine. These measures, however, are completely useless. There will be no re-votes and no re-evaluation. The reality of new situation within the Democratic Party appears to be confusion and chaos. There are some real grumblings within the superdelegates, according to an insider, and you have to wonder just how comfortable they now feel electing Barack Obama knowing that he probably cannot win in the general election due to the recent comments of his pastor Jeremiah Wright...and yes, I do think this has cost Obama a significant amount of votes. The battleground states in the upcoming election are Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida. All of these states are currently polling in favor of McCain in head-to-head matchups with both Obama and Clinton.
Upon examining the potential electoral battle ahead in the general election, it is obvious that the Democrats must win Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan in order to win. In 2004, they carried Michigan and Pennsylvania by 2-3%. If the Democrats lose any one of those three states, the election is effectively over. (This assumes they don't win in Florida, a state the Republicans took in 2004 and McCain's polling numbers show a huge advantage in 2008 over the other two candidates for president)
So the dilemna is this: If the superdelegates pick Barack Obama, who now probably cannot win in Ohio, Florida, and possibly Pennsylvania, than they know their chances of winning key battleground states will be in dire straits given this new Jeremiah Wright scandle, which will most likely affect middle-class white voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania especially. It is also important to note that Obama lost or is losing in the polls currently in all of these states to Hillary Clinton. But, if the superdelegates led by the DNC choose Hillary with the expectation that she now has a better chance of winning (Which I also believe) than they risk losing a very large African-American vote. This could, in the end, cost the DNC Michigan and Pennsylvania. Therefore, there is no right answer for the Democrats. I do not think they can win. Obama has been exposed for the radical liberal he truly is...and I thought it would only happen in the general elections.
The Democratic Party has little or no chance of winning in November. Whether you like it or not, these are the facts and there is no disputing them. Perhaps it is true that Barack Obama is not a racist like some statements from his minister Jeremiah Wright may imply, but the association between a person and Jeremiah Wright, who clearly holds within him anti-white and anti-Americans sentiments, is enough to remove him from the opportunity of holding the highest office in our great nation. I'm not even certain that Jeremiah Wright is as racists or anti-American as his own words imply. I believe, based on the evidence, that Wright has accomplished tremendous works within his community. I am not discounting the good he has done but it is obvious that the man has no business affecting the future of our country. If he has in fact influenced Barack Obama, then there is no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama should not be considered for the office of President of United States of America.
Justin Trask Haskins
Author, Saving America: From Global Warming to Immigration