Barrack Hussein Obama is nearly over the threshold of votes required for the democrat presidential nomination. He only needs forty more votes to put him over the magic 2,118 needed. The last contests in the race have only parried each other, despite late stage showings from Clinton in states such as Puerto Rico. It seems that Americans really do want change, what ever that means.
Its widely expected that Clinton will concede defeat to Obama sometime today (our time) or very close to it. The question now becomes: What do the Democrats do with the huge rift that has been torn open by Clinton’s elongated campaign. I blogged earlier about how dissastisfied I was with her clinging on to the very end, due to her own pride and hubris. Well, now, millions of dollars lighter and without anything to show for it — she better have a solution.
To be fair, not everything rests on Clinton’s ability to patch up the acrimonious relationship between the two. There are rumblings from the democrats about turning the other cheek and allowing Clinton back into the fold as a running mate. For that to be successful Clinton needs to tow the line, its going to be quite a step down for her.
However, without Clinton’s endorsement at least, white lower class Americans may vote by not voting at all. Edwards’ endorsement is not enough to win over key states like Michigan and Iowa in a national election. Her and Obama need to sit down and strategically manage the next few days. Because if there ever was a time where the Democrats would lose the unloseble election, it’d be now.