Under the (Blue) Collar
May 6th, 2008It is super hot, I have a string of difficult finals before me and I have made significant progress on a few projects I’ve been stuck on but can’t work out the kinks further because, again, I have exams! Briefly, let me say that it is clear Hillary Clinton is not going to be the Democratic nominee without another significant Barack Obama bombshell landing. Jeffrey Toobin raised the possibility tonight that northwest Indiana was engaging in vote fraud, and if there’s a shred of truth to that it’ll change the dynamics of the race but now Obama is going to be the nominee for as-sure-as-you-can-be-in-politics-pre-convention and it does not appear likely that Senator Clinton will be able to stop him. For better or for worse, Obama is going to lead the Democrats into battle against John McCain, and while I suspect it’s for the worse it is clear that Clinton should withdraw and allow him to take the fight to McCain. I am worried about the blue collar support Obama is going to have to scrap for against John McCain and I am concerned that Obama might lead to a demographic realignment in favor of McCain-Republicanism but we’ll have to wait and see for all that. He’s won the Democratic Primaries fair and square, even if the game here is much different than the big show.