In today's Financial Times (02/21/08) Stephen Graubard offers Hillary Clinton a way out with dignity and strength. The article "Clinton Must Step Aside Today to Win Tomorrow" ecourages Clinton "to surprise the nation and the world by announcing her decision not to contest Texas, Ohio, or Pennsylvania, and "accepting Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee in opposition to John McCain."
This would be a wise course of action for Clinton because short of something catastrophic or underhanded, it would appear that given Obama's momentum coming out of Wisconsin, he seems certain to win both Texas and Ohio. Clinton risks losing any bargaining chips should she lose those primaries or win by narrow margins. The stakes are too high and the risks are too great in a world where the US economy is in meltdown and where for many countries around the world, the operative word is "decoupling." In other words, they are saying that they must lessen their dependence on and connection to the US economy.
If Obama wins Ohio and Texas, he becomes the undisputed head of the Democratic Party and in one fell swoop, eliminates the Clintons, Howard Dean, and the superdelgates from positions of power and influence within the party. This would necessitate a new and much needed realignment of forces within the Democratic Party and in the American body politic.
As Robert Nesta Marley said, "There is a natural mystic blowing in the wind." Don't ask me why."
This would be a wise course of action for Clinton because short of something catastrophic or underhanded, it would appear that given Obama's momentum coming out of Wisconsin, he seems certain to win both Texas and Ohio. Clinton risks losing any bargaining chips should she lose those primaries or win by narrow margins. The stakes are too high and the risks are too great in a world where the US economy is in meltdown and where for many countries around the world, the operative word is "decoupling." In other words, they are saying that they must lessen their dependence on and connection to the US economy.
If Obama wins Ohio and Texas, he becomes the undisputed head of the Democratic Party and in one fell swoop, eliminates the Clintons, Howard Dean, and the superdelgates from positions of power and influence within the party. This would necessitate a new and much needed realignment of forces within the Democratic Party and in the American body politic.
As Robert Nesta Marley said, "There is a natural mystic blowing in the wind." Don't ask me why."
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News of Obama's control of the Democratic is, like reports about Mark Twain's death, an exaggeration.
Please excuse the omission. News of Obama's control of the Democratic party is, like reports about Mark Twain's death, an exaggeration.
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