Clinton raises money on the internet

Clinton has raised over $10 million on the Internet after her Pennsylvania win. I think that this will make the race even tighter for the democrats simply because Obama used to have a huge advantage with his ability to generate a large amount of money over the Internet, but now so can Clinton. This has made the race even tighter when combined with Clinton's recent wins and now her ability to also raise money on the Internet. If this primary drags on any longer we'll be unable to tell Clinton from Obama simply because as the race progress they become more and more similar on issues and even their financial resources. The only thing left to differentiate the candidates is Clinton's lies and Obama's acquittance's who embarrass him.

Clinton says she's ahead

Clinton recently stated that she was ahead in the primaries because of the states she won that held early primaries. Although Clinton may be technically ahead Obama still basically has the popular vote. However if we have learned anything from previous election you can win the popular vote and still lose the election. However this whole democratic primary has gone on long enough and while the media attention may be good I think many people are just getting tired of it. Also the longer it goes the weaker the democrats become, they lose money they could have used for the general election, the create a sharp divide between supporters which may lead them to vote for the republics instead of the opposite democratic candidates, and they also give McCain an advantage by digging up dirt on each other that McCain can use the general election. I think the democrats just need to get the primary over with as soon as possible if they want to survive the general election.

McCain critizes Bush

McCain recently criticized Bush on his response to Hurricane Katrina. I think McCain is trying to distance himself from Bush without appearing too much like a hypocrite, McCain is for the war and so is Bush so he can't criticize him on that. McCain just found another area where he could criticize him but at the same time not appear as a hypocrite. Obama and Clinton will follow suit I believe and also give some attention to the New Orleans simply because they cannot appear uncaring. Although this is just more political grandstanding I think it will have a positive effect on New Orleans simply because it is finally get some attention again so maybe finally the city can be rebuilt instead of languishing in purgatory.

Obama' speech

I think Obama was taken out of context when he said they people cling to their guns, religion, etc. I think that what he was saying was simply that working class people have a lot of problems and they perceive that the politicians and corporate entities are basically making their lives difficult to live. So when they try to change something or take away a right the people hold to those rights. I think that what Obama was basically saying was that they need to see that not all politicians are bad and that he does want to make meaningful changes to help.

Bennett Chp. 13-14

I think that Bennett is right in the sense that democratic plurality has been diminished by technology. Politicians now can basically lie to everyone. In the past politicians had to choose issues that affected the majority of the people and take a stance on it, however with todays technology politicians basically never have to take a stance. They can be pro gun in South Dakota and anti-gun in California simply because of carefully directed messages. With these kind of directed messages political parties become obsolete. If a candidate can say whatever will get the vote and get away with it basically then there is no distinction between Democrats or Republicans since to a person on the receiving end of those messages they are for and against the same things.

McCain too old?

Recently a Democratic senator, John Murtha age 75, said McCain was too old to be president at age 71. The democratics are gonna have a hard time in the general elections if this is the best they can throw at McCain. While age can be an issue it is not a deciding issue I think when electing a president. McCain on the other hand has a bucket full of stuff he can through at either democratic candidate with little effort from his own campaign since the democratic candidates have been doing all the work for him. It will be interesting to see the opening blows in the general election because McCain can play a lot of established meta narratives to his advantage whereas the democratics will be rushing to find one slightly more effective than, too old.

Clinton too negative

Obama recently held a press conference complaining about how Clinton's campaign was too negative. I believe Obama has made a mistake here. Instead talking about how no serious issues were discussed at the debate, he instead complained about how Clinton's campaign was too negative. Obama should have just come out in his press stating what issues he thought should have been discussed and how he would have solved them. Instead he turned into a drama like you see between Paris Hilton and her friend. This sort of back and forth will just further weaken the democratic party.

McCain running even with democrats

In a recent poll McCain was shown to be even in support with the Democrats. This is the result I believe of the constant bickering that has been going between Obama and Clinton. A couple of months of ago they were very much in the lead over McCain but I now people are just getting tired of this constant back and forth between them. The result being that they are ironically losing the voter they were trying to get the swing voters, independents, and disgruntled republicans. If a victor isn't chosen soon between Obama or Clinton it could have serious repercussions in the general election.

Why do polticians lie?

I think most politicians lie is because they are old. By that I mean they grew up in age of TV and newspapers and with those two mediums there is always a goto guy that they can goto and manipulate by promising and exclusive story or such. They could also have maximum spin because they had more money to dump on "getting the truth out" than a single reporter so that they could bury the story. But nowadays they can't get away from lying I think it is a lot like cloud computing, cloud computing simply means that instead of using for example one server to host a web page and its information it is instead stored on hundreds of servers in little pieces which much more efficient, cheaper, and also not as prone to attack. I think the same thing has happened in journalism whereas before there where only maybe a couple of journalist working on the story what politicians said they are no thousands if not millions of people getting one tiny bit of information and then coming online and making all those tiny bits into a cohesive whole. In short I think politicians lie simply because they have been left behind technologically speaking.

McCain drums up his miltary hertaige.

McCain rectnly touted his miltray legacy to reporters. McCain hopes that this well help show that he has national security experince. I think that McCain will countine on this road by basically asking Americans do you want someone inxpersced as president. This staregy has a good chance of working simply because the democrats are so divided right now. McCain can simply slip under the radar so to speak. With democracts beating each other up so much escapially with Hillary's ads showing Obama as inexeprncied people could just for McCain because they consider him a safer bet.

Women senators shift their support to Obama

Senators McCaskill and Klobuchar rectely switched their support from Hillary Clinton to Obama.
This does not bode well for Hillary since the women vote was one of her strongest. I think that this is just another blow to Hillary and that she should drop out of the race before it becomes to ugly and potentially permanently damaging the chances for the democrats to win in the general election.I think the democrats just need to end this primary now before any long term damage is done.