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Post South Carolina Roundup

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It's no secret that I am for Obama. I predicted he would be the nominee in February 2007. I still think he is going to win, but I fear the Clintons.

To be honest, I have this pit of ice in my stomach, because I have a feeling that no matter what happens, I am going to come out of this having lost all respect for Bill Clinton. At 33, I suppose I should be used to watching heroes crumble, but I still can't bear to watch Bubba soil his image by race-baiting Obama. Consider, for example, Bill's attempted diminution of the South Carolina primary by noting that Jesse Jackson won the state in 1992. What do Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama have in common? Not much, except for the fact that they are both black. It's troubling when Bill Clinton is attempting to diminish the impact of Obama's more than 2-1 victory over Hillary in SC to nothing more than his blackness. The implication is that Barack, like Jesse, is nothing more than a black presidential candidate, and while they may win in a state like South Carolina they have no hopes of winning the nomination nationally.

I admired Bill Clinton's tenacity to win national elections against the Republicans. However, when he turns that skill against another Democrat, and particularly one that carries the hopes of a new generation of Democrats, it is incredibly worrisome.

For those of you who may be on the fence about Obama, I offer you these pieces from the past week:

Bob Herbert on some of the more troubling aspects of the Clintons.

Caroline Kennedy's op-ed endorsement of Obama, and why Obama represents the same hope for this generation that John F. Kennedy once offered another generation. Ted Kennedy is expected to leave neutrality behind and endorse Obama on Monday.

I offer this post and comment string from the conservative legal blog Volokh Conspiracy as evidence of Obama's appeal to some conservatives, at least educated ones. I believe Obama has the best chances of winning in November.

http://www.barackobama.com/

Full post as published by Traditional Notions on January 27, 2008 (boomark / email).