After Tuesday night's democratic primary election in Indiana and North Carolina, front runner Barack Obama pulled out another victory in North Carolina and a strong second place finish in Indiana. I, for one, am excited. Obama gained some needed momentum after losing in Texas and Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, it looks like he is going to be the democratic nominee,taking on McCain. This has been an exhausting and at times relentless democratic primary campaign season. Clinton has proved herself to be a challenging an formidable opponent.
Obama has been criticized over and over again in the news media for his shortcomings, which really have amounted to nothing more than soundbites. Some have claimed that he has no substance. Well, I believe critics are simply grasping at straws. Yet, the point of this blog is not to debunk those claims. Instead, it is a calling of sorts, in the hope that as Democrats we can see that now is time to get behind Obama (Clinton supporters pay attention). I think if we all take some time and think about what issues are most important to us all, then we will see that Obama's agenda is pretty consistent with Clinton's. I think it's time to reflect on what direction we want to see our nation take in the Middle East, on health care, on gay rights, on economic policy, and on basic fundamental constitutionally granted equal rights for us all. Democratic politicians, although at times may believe in too much government, but ideologically believe in the kind of social programs that are inclusive--which give help to those that need it most, and not just the privileged few. It is time we all started looking at the bigger picture; we need to help build an energy around the democratic nominee because we can't risk another four years of Republican George Bush type politics in the Washington. And, who knows maybe we'll see an Obama/Clinton ticket; that would be an unbeatable force, a partnership we would all truly support.
