Making Peace inside the Democratic Primary
The time has come for the DEM candidates to live up to the Rhetoric they have spewed over the last many years as it relates to negotiating with our enemies. They are uniquely placed to do just such a thing, to negotiate with our enemies. For nearly the entire Bush Presidency, the DEMS have bemoaned the fact that this administration has been unwilling to negotiate with likes of North Korea, Iran, and other nefarious fellows. Today, they have the unique and sole possibility to live up to their own demands, their own rhetoric.
Currently Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton are nearly tied in the race to the Democratic nomination for President. Neither can win the coveted prize without the others help, or the most unheard and unlikely slide in one or the others favor in the waning days of the primary by nearly a 10 to 1 margin. This is not going to happen!
So, as we look to the potential options left on the table for Barrack and Hillary, we find a fight for Super Delegates as option one. But this option has a very ugly downside for both candidates. They can conceivably break the party in two and ensure a McCain Presidency.
Option two is a negotiated Peace.
The willingness of either or both to negotiate with the enemy of America, the other candidate.
This could be a test to see if the rhetoric spewed by the DEMS and these two candidates is worth its weight in pudding. Can either show the willingness to negotiate from a place of moderate to no advantage and bring abut a settlement that benefits both, or do they continue to blow smoke up the collective buttocks of America.
Obama, in particular, believes it is important to negotiate with the likes of Iran to secure our peace. Does he also see the import to negotiate with Hillary to save his party?
Can either swallow the arrogance of their campaign and begin the negotiating to bring this War of Words to an end without anymore bloodshed of fellow Democrats? Can either find it within themselves to sacrifice for the common good as Mrs. Obama and Mr. Clinton have long argued as it relates to the rest of the country?
Today, looking out upon the landscape of Democratic Politics you see the likelihood of stronger and deeper attacks, particularly from Hillary. While Obama has the long view to stay above the fray, can he seriously believe that he can?
Is the collective egos of Obama and Clinton so entrenched that they cannot see the damage awaiting the bloody battle ahead? The senior Senator of Florida has cautioned about a "Train wreck" ahead should this not be resolved soon.
All the puff media and favorable media received by both candidates between Mid-December and Mid-February will begin to decline and the media will be forced to deal with reality should the two begin the final campaign towards nomination. During the Dec through Feb period, Obama received 83% favorable coverage from network news while Hillary received 53% favorable. These numbers are likely to reverse themselves should they begin the trench warfare that is likely to occur should the negotiated peace not begin soon.
No longer will the biased media coverage be able to steer the reports on the candidates and the result will be bloody. The loss of control of the message beaming out from Network headquarters will be followed by a rapid decline in the favorable appeal of both candidates and it will result in an increase for McCain.
Thus, the only conclusion that can be made is one of a Negotiated Peace Settlement. Luck are we, that we have heard just last week that Hillary was instrumental in bringing Peace to Northern Ireland. We now can sit and watch the grown ups in the room make the tough decisions the current Administration failed to do...Make peace with our Enemies...
The time has come for the rubber to meet the road. We need to see the rhetoric move to action and the Symbolism find its Substance. We need Hillary and Obama to bring themselves to the big Mahogany Table with Claw feet and negotiate the Peace to save the Democratic Party.
If they cannot do it for the Party, at least think of the Children!
Currently Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton are nearly tied in the race to the Democratic nomination for President. Neither can win the coveted prize without the others help, or the most unheard and unlikely slide in one or the others favor in the waning days of the primary by nearly a 10 to 1 margin. This is not going to happen!
So, as we look to the potential options left on the table for Barrack and Hillary, we find a fight for Super Delegates as option one. But this option has a very ugly downside for both candidates. They can conceivably break the party in two and ensure a McCain Presidency.
Option two is a negotiated Peace.
The willingness of either or both to negotiate with the enemy of America, the other candidate.
This could be a test to see if the rhetoric spewed by the DEMS and these two candidates is worth its weight in pudding. Can either show the willingness to negotiate from a place of moderate to no advantage and bring abut a settlement that benefits both, or do they continue to blow smoke up the collective buttocks of America.
Obama, in particular, believes it is important to negotiate with the likes of Iran to secure our peace. Does he also see the import to negotiate with Hillary to save his party?
Can either swallow the arrogance of their campaign and begin the negotiating to bring this War of Words to an end without anymore bloodshed of fellow Democrats? Can either find it within themselves to sacrifice for the common good as Mrs. Obama and Mr. Clinton have long argued as it relates to the rest of the country?
Today, looking out upon the landscape of Democratic Politics you see the likelihood of stronger and deeper attacks, particularly from Hillary. While Obama has the long view to stay above the fray, can he seriously believe that he can?
Is the collective egos of Obama and Clinton so entrenched that they cannot see the damage awaiting the bloody battle ahead? The senior Senator of Florida has cautioned about a "Train wreck" ahead should this not be resolved soon.
All the puff media and favorable media received by both candidates between Mid-December and Mid-February will begin to decline and the media will be forced to deal with reality should the two begin the final campaign towards nomination. During the Dec through Feb period, Obama received 83% favorable coverage from network news while Hillary received 53% favorable. These numbers are likely to reverse themselves should they begin the trench warfare that is likely to occur should the negotiated peace not begin soon.
No longer will the biased media coverage be able to steer the reports on the candidates and the result will be bloody. The loss of control of the message beaming out from Network headquarters will be followed by a rapid decline in the favorable appeal of both candidates and it will result in an increase for McCain.
Thus, the only conclusion that can be made is one of a Negotiated Peace Settlement. Luck are we, that we have heard just last week that Hillary was instrumental in bringing Peace to Northern Ireland. We now can sit and watch the grown ups in the room make the tough decisions the current Administration failed to do...Make peace with our Enemies...
The time has come for the rubber to meet the road. We need to see the rhetoric move to action and the Symbolism find its Substance. We need Hillary and Obama to bring themselves to the big Mahogany Table with Claw feet and negotiate the Peace to save the Democratic Party.
If they cannot do it for the Party, at least think of the Children!
posted by Tom Gaitens at 11:42 AM
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