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weezy2736 Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 05:40 AM
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So many questions, so much time.
June can't get here fast enough. I'm ready to vote for either of them before John McCain, but there still are some questions left:

1) Why did Hillary not congratulate Obama after a plurality of his victories? Is anyone else bothered by that?
-I can't even speculate as to why she didn't, but she really came off as a spoiled brat. Until it caught my eye, I was an Obama supporter, but just fluidly, I could have easily swung back. Now, I need some convincing to be done that she's still the more respectable/respected/experienced candidate.

2) Can Obama figure out a voice to talk to the press with? Can anyone be an effective president without being able to communicate on a sub-stump level?
-Every time Obama needs help, he has a massive grass-roots base to help take away any stinging blows the press may have had, but once he would be in the White House, that grass roots stuff really can dry up. A president with the press as an enemy is not a two term president.

3) Can Hillary run a national campaign?
-The one thing Hillary has been very good at is tailoring her message to states that she decided to campaign in. In a national campaign, there isn't nearly as much time for that individual attention, and I'm not sure she would do as well as projected if some of those elements start to fall out of line.

4) Can Obama's camp find the leaks?
-I've noticed a lot of paper trails leaked from the inside. So far nothing serious has come out, but if there is something there that could damage him, we wouldn't find out about it until later anyway.

5) Can the eventual nominee unify the party? Can they unify the DU?
-I'm willing to say yes, no. Yes to the first one by adding the other as the running mate, and no to the second, unless we got a brokered convention. I'm calling on it, right now: to unify the DU, we need to nominate EarlG. Everyone could agree on that.
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