Oops, I thought "...the wicked witch, the wicked witch. Ding dong the wicked witch is dead!" Growing up watching "The Wizard of Oz", that song has been in the back of my mind as I waited for candidate Hillary Clinton to concede the primary election to Barack Obama. I just knew that the political "house of cards" built by the Bill and Hillary machine over the last fifteen years, would finally fall on her and the voters in Munchkin land would celebrate, and Obama would be skipping down the Yellow Brick Road in his new ruby slippers. It didn't happen...at least not yet.
The "anointed one" rose from the dead, and is now in a real battle against the "rookie with a golden voice". Rush Limbaugh put it best, "Barack Obama says 'nothing' better than it's ever been said before". Maybe that caught up with him, (although she says 'nothing' pretty well herself).
Those that read this blog know that I am a Conservative Republican, and I was hoping that Hillary would be the Democratic candidate...that is a fight we wanted. For a while it looked like she was going to be thrown under the bus by her own party. But the Democratic voters still haven't seen through the political smokescreen created by the Clintons over the years. The Clintons went negative the past few weeks, and it worked. No one is better at "gutter politics", and they are good.
Barack Obama still has a lead in committed delegates, and that lead will be mathmatically difficult for her to overtake. But with about 700 "Super Delegates" and the question of delegates from Michigan and Florida still up in the air, this could be very interesting. If the Clintons somehow pull this out, it will be a political surprise by a "machine" that will do anything to win.
And unfortunately if John McCain runs against the Clinton group - he may have "my friends" shoved down his throat.
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