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Re: The Answer to Why Hillary Stays in the Race
Steve, I certainly agree with you we are getting very little in the way of insightful facts and insights. Personally, I believe the greatest disappointment in our system is the media. They have billion dollar budgets and some of the brightest minds but we get very little insight beyond the breathless "instant analysis" it is deplorable and this is not a knock on CNN or other sources that are accused of liberal bias. Fox news is not even worth the electricity it burns.
There are a lot of misconceptions going on right now regarding the conduct of US foreign policy and I think it is coloring public opinion on a host of other issues.
That's why I am getting increasingly leery of Obama after initially liking him. I got especially turned off when he advocated better diplomatic relations with countries while restricting free trade. The two are mutually exclusive. Obama's a smart guy, he and his advisers know that but people don't get that and they eat it up on the campaign.
When I see hundreds of thousands show up for rallies without knowing anything about his policies other than they offer hope and he is the anti Bush/republican candidate.
Yes, that is the funny thing about change. We all agree we need it but we disagree on what it will look like. you and I agree we need more nukes but some will fight it saying we need more windmills, etc.
Yes, it will be interesting in the general election when Obama has to run a more centrist campaign. We'll see how his rhetoric morphs and exactly what kind of change it is he is proposing that we can believe in.
A quick story then I have to run: An aquaintenance was a oil company exec for one of the big 3. When asked how President Clinton treated the oil companies he replied that they got much better treatment from the Dems that the R's. Because the R's were afraid of being criticized by the greens. The Dems' were very generous in their treatment oil companies in exchange for donations knowing they were immune from any real criticism.
A President Obama will likely continue many current policies but will get a pass on the lack of any real change because he is so much more likable than Bush and that traditional Democrat allies will hold their criticism because they get a few bones tossed their way.
Steve, I certainly agree with you we are getting very little in the way of insightful facts and insights. Personally, I believe the greatest disappointment in our system is the media. They have billion dollar budgets and some of the brightest minds but we get very little insight beyond the breathless "instant analysis" it is deplorable and this is not a knock on CNN or other sources that are accused of liberal bias. Fox news is not even worth the electricity it burns.
There are a lot of misconceptions going on right now regarding the conduct of US foreign policy and I think it is coloring public opinion on a host of other issues.
That's why I am getting increasingly leery of Obama after initially liking him. I got especially turned off when he advocated better diplomatic relations with countries while restricting free trade. The two are mutually exclusive. Obama's a smart guy, he and his advisers know that but people don't get that and they eat it up on the campaign.
When I see hundreds of thousands show up for rallies without knowing anything about his policies other than they offer hope and he is the anti Bush/republican candidate.
Yes, that is the funny thing about change. We all agree we need it but we disagree on what it will look like. you and I agree we need more nukes but some will fight it saying we need more windmills, etc.
Yes, it will be interesting in the general election when Obama has to run a more centrist campaign. We'll see how his rhetoric morphs and exactly what kind of change it is he is proposing that we can believe in.
A quick story then I have to run: An aquaintenance was a oil company exec for one of the big 3. When asked how President Clinton treated the oil companies he replied that they got much better treatment from the Dems that the R's. Because the R's were afraid of being criticized by the greens. The Dems' were very generous in their treatment oil companies in exchange for donations knowing they were immune from any real criticism.
A President Obama will likely continue many current policies but will get a pass on the lack of any real change because he is so much more likable than Bush and that traditional Democrat allies will hold their criticism because they get a few bones tossed their way.
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