And I believe they will get to the nomination without it. I think we all need to relax a little bit and not overstate our frustration at not achieving the KO we all so desperately wanted to see last week.
David Axelrod put me at peace this morning during his phone interview with Joe Scarborough. He put paid to the idea of the dream ticket and he reminded me of just how well we/they have done in the face of serious stiff competition to rival any Machiavelli’s! And it’s true! That said, I can’t hold back my last piece of advice to team Obama! CHANGE THE NARRATIVE TODAY! IT’S THE MATH STUPID!
More below after this juicy article on Michigan and Florida in the Chicago Tribune today.
"It's clear, this election they're having is not going to count for anything."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton, on New Hampshire Public Radio, dismissing the Jan. 15 Michigan presidential primary
They should start rallying all their surrogates to change the narrative pointing to the fact that given the math, it is highly unlikely that Clinton can overturn this, and as such, it is time to start uniting the party and start raising funds for the general. They need to dispel the myth once and for all that white women will not come out for Obama in Nov (they are split in their support at about 52/47, compared to African Americans at 10/90), and point out to the advantages for the party and the leftwing movement of growing the DNC’s membership, compared to a mere possible/unlikely win by a nominee Clinton, followed by a Rethug comeback! And now I will shut up and continue to fundraise, canvass and phonebank! We have to break our previous record of 55 mil this month! Can I get a what what?!
That said, Tim "funking"* Russert this morning calling the Clinton game plan quite accurately, pointed out that the only way for camp Monster to argue their case to the Supers, is to raise Obama’s negatives so high in order to raise her own match up polls against McCain, while softening us by suggesting that she likes O (by offering him the veep gig).
That can only mean one thing. If you thought they came out with the kitchen sink last week, then be prepared to see the rest of the kitchen and the toilet these next few weeks. The trouble with that is that the damage may indeed be irreparable and we will go into a third term of the shrub! It cannot be allowed to happen. It must not, and if the wimpy DNC leadership cannot see that coming, then they deserve to lose.
What more do they need to be convinced of who our strongest nominee will be? We already know that Clinton rallies conservatives and raises them more money better than any of their own leaders can, by conservatives’ own admission! We already know that the delegate math does not favor her, and we already know that the supers will have to make the decision. So what are they waiting for?
Is it some kind of DNC self destructive masochism to just sit and watch the Monster eat up the Dem party? Are we in any doubt as to which leader can rally more support and membership for the party from younger voters, Independents and Republicans (I reserve Rethug for officials.) Are we in any doubt as to which leader is ahead in the delegate count, the popular vote, and the most number of states won? Are we in doubt as to what leader can once and maybe for all add more states to the blue column? Isn’t the idea that the only way to win an election is by winning OH the starkest example of the old, unimaginative way we have done things in the past? If the DNC cannot seek to expand beyond, CA, NY and Massachusetts, then, the current 50/50 impasse in congress will continue for generations to come and the most serious issues facing us will continue unresolved. That is why we need a new direction, and we all know who is offering that, so Supers, get yourselves some balls and let’s see those Brokaw 50 come out of that closet now!
*The F in his name is because of his highly disingenuous promotion of the HRC meme that somehow there is a question that white women may not vote for Obama!