Ticket Video: 5 political points to ponder about the Dems
Chances are, Barack Obama, the newly minted nominee of the Democratic Party's presidential ticket, and Hillary Clinton, its latest loser, are sound asleep as we write this. But The Ticket never sleeps.
So here to officially mark the end of the primary season is a new feature, The Ticket Video: Five things to think about as the rhetorical dust settles from a historic primary race that saw the original Republican front-runner, John McCain, fall into oblivion and then recover to win the GOP nomination while the original Democratic front-runner, Clinton, simply fell into oblivion and the victor, Obama, rose from the same place to clinch his win a few hours ago.
This video is about an hour-and-a-half long. Just kidding. It's 88 seconds.
--Andrew Malcolm
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Posted by Andrew Malcolm on June 4, 2008 in Campaigning , Delegates , Democratic Politics , Presidential Campaign , Primary Calendar , Video , Weblogs | Permalink
Don Frederick has served as an editor helping guide coverage of every presidential election since 1984. He is a third-generation Washingtonian, so watching the political world comes naturally to him.
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.
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Posted by: Alessandro Machi | June 04, 2008 at 05:28 AM
How can they call themselves Democrats, with either a capital or small d? Their party has decided to let a select group of power brokers, not the people who voted, select their nominee.
-Wm Tate,
http://www.atimelikethis.us/
Posted by: Wm Tate | June 04, 2008 at 06:22 AM
Agree with insightful points, except one. Clinton people now need Obama's people for a couple of important things: a democratic win in November and participation in that power. While Clinton can cause significant damage to Democrats, many will abandon her completely if she tries to inflict it.
Posted by: David Dean | June 04, 2008 at 06:56 AM
In response to Wm Tate | June 04, 2008 at 06:22 AM:
That's nonsense, and it's long past time to drop it. The only way you can make that argument is by disenfranchising all those in MI who would have voted for Obama, and then pretending that the caucus voters somehow "don't count." It was a hard fought, close race. It's not the first. The winner is clear to everyone.
This election is going to give Americans a stark contrast between two futures. Anyone who considers themselves a progressive, yet votes McCain out of spite, needs to be willing to hold themselves personally responsible for the outcome. This is not a game. This is not the Superbowl, or the NBA finals, or the World Series, where it is socially acceptable for disappointed fans to act like babies. It is no exaggeration to say that uncountable lives are at stake, that the future course of the whole world hinges on the outcome of this election. As citizens of the most powerful nation on the planet we have a responsibility to take this seriously and make a rational, open-minded and dispassionate choice.
Posted by: David | June 04, 2008 at 07:03 AM