Monday, May 05, 2008

The race goes on..

As we head into the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, a curious question has arisen. Why is Barack Obama continuing to win over super delegates when he's losing primaries and under new critical scrutiny? One reason might be that the super delegates think he's still going to win and they reason that if they come to him in his time of need, they will be rewarded later. Another reason may be that they can't stand Hillary Clinton. After all, a lot of these people actually know her personally. Moreover, it may be that as Hillary remakes herself as a heroine of the white working class she is making herself less likable to the super delegates. After all if anyone is a liberal elitist, it is the super delegate. Maybe the more she makes herself palatable to the average white working class voter in Pennsylvania and Indiana, she is making herself less palatable to the average super delegate. National Review and other conservatives pundits are starting to warm to her. Could it be that the liberals in charge of the Democratic party are reacting in the opposite way? While I am sure they want to win, they are also guided by their emotions. They want someone like Obama who they see as one of their own to beat her so they will come up with any rationalization to support that. Plus they are afraid of the chaos that might ensue if it looks like the nomination is stolen from him. Anyway, tomorrow is the last chance I think for Hillary to make an impression on the Super delegates. The rest of the states after the next two are much smaller and less important.