Rush Limbaugh Is Afraid Again
May 5th, 2008 -- Posted in American Politics | 4 Comments »The unfortunate circumstance of me living in Ireland is that while I was living in Massachusetts, I had the benefit of the American edition of CNN however in international waters; the only all American channel we get here is the “Unbiased” Fox News. While I had Fox news on today (there was nothing else to watch), I managed to listen to the phone call Rush Limbaugh made to Fox News about the primaries in Indiana and North Carolina tomorrow. The liberal devotee that he is, Rush once more implored his brain-washed fans to support Senator Clinton so that more chaos can be caused within the Democratic Party. I have come to the conclusion that Rush is really afraid of Senator Obama and is doing everything he can to make sure he does not win. I found this call hysterical on one hand but totally frightening on the other hand that people actually listen to this guy? The worst part about is that Indiana has an open primary tomorrow where registered Republicans can vote for their respective Democratic candidate. If you look at the latest Gallup Poll statistics, they show Senator Obama beating Senator McCain and losing to Senator Clinton amongst Democratic leaning voters therefore I fear a cooked primary in Indiana could lead the democratic voters as well as the superdelegates to assume that Senator Clinton is the stronger candidate when that could be furthest from the truth.
A few things to note about these polls are that they do not include the probability that Republicans might participate in the Indiana primary. The second fact to note is that the Gallup organization only surveys people that are officially left-leaning democrats so that does not include the independents who traditionally favor Obama. These polls also don’t take into account that Senator Obama has a strong appeal amongst some conservatives where the 4% gap between Obama and McCain will probably double in the general election when it is just the two of them facing off. The last fact is that Senator Obama has no more dirty laundry left to air because Senator Clinton has done the job of the GOP; the worst thing has already come out which is his relationship with Rev. Wright which the GOP can only bash so much before people get bored with it. If we are talking sheer electability here, Senator Obama can win hands down and I hope the people of Indiana and North Carolina think about that tomorrow.
Granted that polls only tell you so much but many democratic strategists have said that Senator Obama can give the party access to voter bases that they would not have normally have achieved. Even with the Reverend Wright Worry, the Flagpin Fiasco and the Anthem Aneurism… I think it comes down to the eloquence of Senator Obama as well as his message that will galvanize the youth vote which will easily win him the Whitehouse come the general election. Hopefully the superdelegates will smarten up to this probability if it does happen which I hope it will not, but either way this drawn-out process is going to go to the convention where hopefully the Democratic Party will make the right decision.
