Obama won a crushing defeat today, with about 2x the votes of Clinton. For me and my friends at Uni, this is a message of hope. We've been talking about something I don't see much of in the news and I don't see much in Obama's campaign that needs to be addressed: the issue of Dynasty.
Dynasties are dangerous. When the second Bush came in power after 8 years of Clinton, he brought with him nearly the same people as his father had: Powell, Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney, and more. That obviously turned out terribly. Now, it is well known that power corrupts, and I believe there is no more corruptible position than government. It is just plain dangerous to keep any one person in a position of power for too long, no matter how great. In today's political world, it is just simply to easy to give and receive favors, all at the expense of the common person. We know this through years here at DKos - self-serving politicians hurt everyone but themselves and big business.
This is why I oppose another Clinton.
The Washington & Lee University Mock Convention, held here in Lexington, VA, just decided Clinton as their nominee, to a shower of groans. It was expected - she's winning the polls, after all - and our delegations simply vote based on the polls. But the word travelling around campus is that people are not happy.
Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton. Does that sound good to anyone? We need new blood.
Here's hoping the South Carolina momentum continues.