Unstoppable Obama (this is definately worth a read!)

[kristopher]

Unstoppable Obama

by Barbara Ehrenreich
Posted February 14, 2008 | 01:27 PM (EST)


When did you begin to think that Obama might be unstoppable? Was it when your grown feminist daughter started weeping inconsolably over his defeat in New Hampshire? Or was it when he triumphed in Virginia, a state still littered with Confederate monuments and memorabilia? For me, it was on Tuesday night when two Republican Virginians in a row called C-SPAN radio to report that they'd just voted for Ron Paul, but, in the general election, would vote for... Obama.


In the dominant campaign narrative, his appeal is mysterious and irrational: He's a "rock star," all flash and no substance, tending dangerously, according to the New York Times' Paul Krugman, to a "cult of personality." At best, he's seen as another vague Reagan-esque avatar of Hallmarkian sentiments like optimism and hope. While Clinton, the designated valedictorian, reaches out for the ego and super-ego, he supposedly goes for the id. She might as well be promoting choral singing in the face of Beatlemania.

The Clinton coterie is wringing its hands. Should she...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/unstoppable-obama_b_86677.html

Ehrenrich lays out the emotional appeal that is propelling the Obama campaign better than anyone I've yet seen.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Seems to me that Hillary became stoppable once she was declared unstoppable.

[Arugula Latte]

6. I don't think a lot of Clinton people realize how much that "Inevitable" crap pissed many of us off.

For years we've been hearing how Hillary will be our '08 nominee as if it were a done deal. That prospect, after the seven-year nightmare we've endured so far, just left me feeling more gloomy and depressed. I'm afraid to get my hopes up, but I guess they already are up, that we will be spared from such a weak candidacy.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Well, he IS stoppable. And if he isn't the nominee, a lot of air will go out

of the Democratic balloon, I think. Back to same old, same old. We've come so far now that it's painful for me to dwell on--a McCain-Hillary contest for 8 months. Ugh.

[kristopher]

3. You didn't read the link

It doesn't seem possible that you read the linked article in 2 minutes. Please - take the time, it is worth it.

[FSogol]

4. Confederate Monuments? Has Barbara Ehrenreich ever been to Virginia?

:shrug:

[Sulawesi]

5. There is a monument to the confederate dead 100 yards from my office right now.

in VA.