Fears About Obama Candidacy Grow

As Hillary Clinton wins yet another primary, that held today in Puerto Rico, concerns about the Obama candidacy have continued to grow. For reasons which have been given elsewhere, Sen. Obama has failed to inspire confidence among a large segment of working Americans. I believe Senator Obama cares a great deal about the American worker. However, he is smart enough to know that an out-and-out campaign on their behalf does not elicit the support of national and international elites. It may be mentioned here, parenthetically, that Sen. Obama has been quoted as saying there needs to be a new relationship with Britain in which at least sometimes Britain would take the lead and America would follow. I have not had the opportunity to review this comment or its context. However, such a comment, if true, would seem to point up Sen. Obama's relative inexperience, and in this case, his rather dire lack of historical perspective. It was Britain, after all, which the young colonies fought against not once but formally again in 1812, and less formally in the Civil War. And it is a fact that the financial arm of the British Empire still exists today. Its motives remain as evil as they were in the days of British world domination.

So with this backdrop the press has had another field day with another minister associated with Barack Obama. And here the unfairness of the press is nearly nauseating. We have the spectacle of the American media virtually forcing a major Presidential candidate to give up his church membership. Surely, this is unprecedented in American history. The injustice of the American press in this campaign is a fit subject for another post.

For now, it should be clear to a fair-minded person that the Clinton candidacy is far from finished. And those in the press who continue to declare her dead in the water, in spite of continuing wins and in spite of a huge number of delegates pledged to her, delegates from two major states -- Michigan and Florida -- still to be decided, plus the inability of Obama to actually "clinch" the nomination: all this adds up to a viable Clinton candidacy.

It is to our regret and shame as a nation that the press and media, far from being disinterested reporters, are part of the process. How else to describe the situation in which the host of Meet the Press fairly orders Sen. Clinton out of the race?

I respect and like Sen. Obama very much. My comments reflect the concerns others are expressing about who will be the strongest and most experienced Democratic opponent to John McBush, otherwise known as Sen. McCain.

There is so much more to be said about all this. But that is what the future is for. Please return here for more news and views in coming days.


More on the Democratic Party situation:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/01/barackobama.uselections2008