It seems that Hillary Clinton’s best current argument for why voters should vote in favor of her is that she can win in the “big” states. \u00a0Frankly, this is (at best) just plain silly. \u00a0Right now, the voters are voting for the Democratic presidential nominee. \u00a0Her only *real* opponent is Barack Obama. \u00a0If we are to listen to her and elect her as the nominee, we will be placing her in a fight against John McCain, who has also won in the “big” states. \u00a0So, if they have both shown that they can win in the “big” states, they should both win and we will end up having a double presidency. \u00a0Which we all know is impossible.<\/p>\n
Here is how I see things. \u00a0Currently, the Democratic nomination is still up for grabs. \u00a0The Republican nomination has been decided, so that frees up a bunch of Republicans to vote in the Democratic primaries. \u00a0And they’re doing just that. \u00a0In our primary in WI, many Republicans voted for either Clinton or Obama because they knew McCain had it in the bag. \u00a0There are two reasons that a Republican might have for casting a vote in the Democratic primary. \u00a0The one that seems to make the most sense for the good of the country is to help select a Democratic nominee that would be acceptable to Republicans in the even the Republican nominee loses the general election. \u00a0The other reason that may seem a little underhanded would be to help elect the person *least* likely to win against the Republican nominee in the general election to ensure the continued occupation of the White House by a Republican. \u00a0Which are they doing? \u00a0The ones I have spoken with have told me they are trying to elect with good intentions – not trying to pick the inherent loser to make sure we are talking about President McCain in a year.<\/p>\n
The key question here is this. \u00a0How many of the Republicans that voted\/will vote in the Democratic primary will vote Democrat in November? \u00a0That is the question that’s not being answered – or even asked. \u00a0It’s my opinion that many of the Republicans who are helping to pick the Democratic nominee will vote for McCain in November when it matters. \u00a0I have also spoken to a number of Republicans that are very disappointed in the selection of McCain as the nominee. \u00a0Some of them are saying that they won’t vote for him in November. \u00a0But does that mean that vote is automatically going to go to the Democratic nominee or that these voters will just stay home? \u00a0And what impact will that have?<\/p>\n
The bottom line is that just because Hillary can win the big states when facing Barack doesn’t mean she can pull it off against a Republican. \u00a0Especially a Republican like McCain, who may even attract some more moderate Democrats due to his history of “reaching across the aisle” to work with Democrats to create cooperative solutions (ex: the McCain – Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act). \u00a0It will definitely be interesting to see how this process plays out, but Hillary’s current best argument isn’t even an argument. \u00a0It doesn’t make a\u00a0smidgen\u00a0of sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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