Obama Wins. It’s Over.
Make it official: Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential nomination.
He won it with his speech on race last week. He swept away any chance the superdelegates will overrule the results of the primaries and caucuses.
By disarming his critics over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright – even
Ever since LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act, the Democratic Party – whatever its other failings – has had the courage to stand up for civil rights. Not to stand up for Obama now would betray that history.
Short of pulling an Eliot Spitzer – or a David Patterson – Obama cannot be denied the nomination.
That is not to say, of course, that we’ve heard the last of race. The Southern Strategy that Nixon and Strom Thurmond cooked up 40 years ago – in response to the Democratic Party’s courageous stand – has become second nature to the GOP by now.
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Obama Wins. It’s Over.
Make it official: Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential nomination.
He won it with his speech on race last week. He swept away any chance the superdelegates will overrule the results of the primaries and caucuses.
By disarming his critics over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright – even
Ever since LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act, the Democratic Party – whatever its other failings – has had the courage to stand up for civil rights. Not to stand up for Obama now would betray that history.
Short of pulling an Eliot Spitzer – or a David Patterson – Obama cannot be denied the nomination.
That is not to say, of course, that we’ve heard the last of race. The Southern Strategy that Nixon and Strom Thurmond cooked up 40 years ago – in response to the Democratic Party’s courageous stand – has become second nature to the GOP by now.
Click Here to discuss and comment on this and other articles.