It is certainly very nice and exciting to see that Barack Obama has won two primaries (Iowa and South Carolina), but it's only two states. There are 48 other states and he has to make a reasonably good showing in at least one-third of them to stand a serious shot at getting the Democratic nomination. So, too, does Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.
It's a long way to the White house and just beating Clinton and Edwards will most certainly not make him a shoo in... there is still those darn Republicans!!! McCain, Romney, and Giuliani are still very interesting and formidable opponents... and are yet to be reckoned with. When Obama gets to the point where he faces one of them, there will almost certainly be some mud slinging and negative campaigning. You can't have a Presidential election in America without it.
I'm very surprised that the only negative campaigning so far seems to be Democrats slinging mud at other Democrats. Republicans are very good at this and to their credit, I haven't seen any of it yet. You know how they do... bringing up all the non-issues (i.e. gay marriage, flag burning, Willie Horton, etc.) that get everybody all riled up and takes their minds off of the issues (thus, exposing how gullible we are to the world). When this starts and, it will, let's see how Obama handles himself. He hasn't been tested yet. These two little (state) victories are nice...but the real race hasn't really begun. Don't get excited yet!
It's a long way to the White house and just beating Clinton and Edwards will most certainly not make him a shoo in... there is still those darn Republicans!!! McCain, Romney, and Giuliani are still very interesting and formidable opponents... and are yet to be reckoned with. When Obama gets to the point where he faces one of them, there will almost certainly be some mud slinging and negative campaigning. You can't have a Presidential election in America without it.
I'm very surprised that the only negative campaigning so far seems to be Democrats slinging mud at other Democrats. Republicans are very good at this and to their credit, I haven't seen any of it yet. You know how they do... bringing up all the non-issues (i.e. gay marriage, flag burning, Willie Horton, etc.) that get everybody all riled up and takes their minds off of the issues (thus, exposing how gullible we are to the world). When this starts and, it will, let's see how Obama handles himself. He hasn't been tested yet. These two little (state) victories are nice...but the real race hasn't really begun. Don't get excited yet!
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