For Hillary and McCain a win; Obama is still in this to win it
I'm happy with today's showing in the Democratic primary in NH. Hillary came out with a modest 39% lead over Obama's 37%. That's pretty close as far as I'm concerned. This has got to be one of the largest primaries in our nation's history. The governor of New Hampshire said he thought it would break close to 500k, but we didn't come close to that. Personally I found that number to be a bit overly ambitious.
There is a buzz among pundits that Hillary's recent show of emotion while in Portsmouth caused her to surge in the voting booths bringing her to today's victory. I call bullshit. We know Hillary has emotions, but seriously doubt that a little emotion expressed in the midst of fatigue and grueling campaigning precipitated this win for her. She is a career politician and this win is the fruit of her vigorous work in all of New Hampshire. I wonder why people are so caught up in Hillary and labeling her a robot. I'll go ahead and put on my feminist hat and say that people are waiting for her to be an emotional head-case -- a typical woman who cannot control herself. I find that extremely shallow. She is a professional and we should all expect professional, polished and a smartly played hand.
Although I find myself enthusiastic that Hillary has taken this win, I did find a new friend in Obama. I find his message to be inspired and refreshing. Obama has a way of tapping in to his crowds and establishing a vision of America that makes me feel good. I want to live where Obama lives, and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing him at the helm. While Hillary's experience and expertise makes her a strong candidate, I simply cannot overlook Obama's vision of what we could be. He is certainly a uniter. I expect to see good things from him.
All of this talk and not even a mention of my candidate of choice? Yes yes, poor Dennis. He has had such a lackluster showing in both of the recent votes. I didn't expect any kind of amazing results with him, but it is disappointing. I agree with Dennis on almost 100% of his views yet he is in no way a nationally viable candidate and that makes me sad. I wish we were all as idealistic as Dennis and had the ability to put him in office. He is not at all an establishment-candidate and I'm sure my friends on the other side would say he is a pie-in-the-sky liberal that would get absolutely nothing accomplished, but I say bah to that. A boy can dream.
There is a buzz among pundits that Hillary's recent show of emotion while in Portsmouth caused her to surge in the voting booths bringing her to today's victory. I call bullshit. We know Hillary has emotions, but seriously doubt that a little emotion expressed in the midst of fatigue and grueling campaigning precipitated this win for her. She is a career politician and this win is the fruit of her vigorous work in all of New Hampshire. I wonder why people are so caught up in Hillary and labeling her a robot. I'll go ahead and put on my feminist hat and say that people are waiting for her to be an emotional head-case -- a typical woman who cannot control herself. I find that extremely shallow. She is a professional and we should all expect professional, polished and a smartly played hand.
Although I find myself enthusiastic that Hillary has taken this win, I did find a new friend in Obama. I find his message to be inspired and refreshing. Obama has a way of tapping in to his crowds and establishing a vision of America that makes me feel good. I want to live where Obama lives, and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing him at the helm. While Hillary's experience and expertise makes her a strong candidate, I simply cannot overlook Obama's vision of what we could be. He is certainly a uniter. I expect to see good things from him.
All of this talk and not even a mention of my candidate of choice? Yes yes, poor Dennis. He has had such a lackluster showing in both of the recent votes. I didn't expect any kind of amazing results with him, but it is disappointing. I agree with Dennis on almost 100% of his views yet he is in no way a nationally viable candidate and that makes me sad. I wish we were all as idealistic as Dennis and had the ability to put him in office. He is not at all an establishment-candidate and I'm sure my friends on the other side would say he is a pie-in-the-sky liberal that would get absolutely nothing accomplished, but I say bah to that. A boy can dream.