With McCain having the Republican nomination in the bag, it looks as if the Democratic circus is back in action. It opened earlier January with a competitive jousting match. Each side took jabs at the other and even former President Bill Clinton joined in on the fun. The Clinton campaign ran commercials against Senator Obama and Obama gave Senator Clinton the cold shoulder at the State of the Union Address. The debate in South Carolina was just a joke. The two candidates battles to the finish and the Democratic party was divided. It appeared as if everything had changed as January ended and February began. The Obama and Clinton worked together to unite the Democratic Party heading into Super Tuesday. They were like the jugglers staying in sync with one another at the debate in Los Angeles. The message sent out was that it's the Republicans we must be weary of.
However, as the campaign has turned the corner with the finish line in sight, Obama has gained a momentum that the Clinton campaign cannot seem to slow. Ladies and Gentleman, the clown car has arrived. As 20 or more clowns hop out of a tiny VW bug, the Democratic Primary is becoming a joke. Obama is trying to continue his momentum by doing what he does best, public speaking. The Clinton campaign is attempting to slow him down by finding the faults in his speeches and announcing it to the public. Was it right for Obama to borrow words from a friend's speech when the "share ideas"? That is for you to decide. Did the Clinton Campaign make the right move accusing Obama of plagiarism? That is for you to decide too. All that is for certain is that it has become easy to make a mockery of what is happening in the Democratic Primaries. The candidates better get it together and not divide their constituents if they want a Democrat in office come January.
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I think it will be interesting to see how Hillary’s new campaign tactics will play out. I read an interesting article yesterday that many experts feel that her vote-getting ability has peaked and therefore the only way to gain additional votes will be to attack Obama and convince the public that he is unfit for leadership. I think this is a very dangerous political strategy. Throughout the campaign thus far, the overly aggressive attacks have generally yielded a negative response.
The fact that Obama borrowed some of someone else's speech is definitely not credible to be. And the fact that Clinton is trying to make such a big deal of it is not very attractive for her campaign either. With Obama's growing momentum, it seems as if she is grabbing on to anything she can to slow him down. Clinton's campaign has certainly been very aggressive, but they've taken that angle throughout all of the primaries. Ultimately, what worries me most as a Democrat is how it makes us as a party look - Dr. Gross is definitely right by comparing it to a circus. And in the light of the more stable Republican contest, it makes us look even worse. While the grown-ups are talking things out at the adult table, the kids are having a food fight. I understand that this is an important contest, and obviously both candidates want to win, but I think they either need to work things out more maturely or someone has to love the party enough to let it go.
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