Tuesday, May 27, 2008

BEWARE THE 31ST OF MAY

At this time most pundits, various media outlets, Obama supporters and even a few Clinton supporters are calling on Sen. Hillary Clinton to throw in the towel and call it quits. Suddenly, home-made seers are popping up everywhere, prophesying the end of the Clinton era with the end of the Clinton campaign.

To regurgitate that infamous line, "it ain't over until the fat lady sings."

Right now Sen. Clinton has her teeth sunken in the aspect that she has not been fairly treated in the media and and cites "sexism" by the media as the reason for unfair coverage of her campaign. According to one pundit – CNN’s Roland Martin – she may use this tactic as a ruse to galvanize her female base to demand either the candidacy or at least the vice president slot. (Read his full article here.)

While sexism may be viewed as another straw floating by the Clinton campaign, there has been speculation by others that the media's constant counting of delegates and incessant 24-hour mantra that "there is no way she can win….she's too far behind" may be the major contributing factor to the narrow margin of the win(s) between both candidates in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.

To put this in perspective - if during the week you're constantly being told by everyone that the Clinton movie is bad, it's a waste of money and you will not enjoy it although you personally thought it showed potential, when you do go to the cinema that weekend which will you want to spend you nine bucks on : the bad-mouthed Clinton movie, or the Obama movie that everyone and their relatives are predicting will earn 100 million in the opening weekend – even though that weekend has yet to pass?

Clinton was recently tried and sentenced in the media for her referral to the assassination of presidential hopeful Bobby Kennedy in a recent interview. While we can not say definitely whether the reference was in error or not - Ms Clinton's point was over looked: until the DNC convention in August, or at least until the DNC party leaders meet to decide a workable solution to the Florida and Michigan delegates, the party does NOT have a declared candidate for the November general election.

The DNC rules committee is meeting this weekend on May 31st to decide on what to do with those pesky Florida and Michigan delegates. And, as some ‘Survivor’ viewers may attest – alliances do change; so can super-delegate pledges.

Until then - there are still two candidates running for the DNC presidential candidate spot.

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