Comments on: The Expectations Game http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/04/27/the-expectations-game/ Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Diamond http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/04/27/the-expectations-game/comment-page-1/#comment-9799 J. Diamond Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:10:50 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/04/27/the-expectations-game/#comment-9799 there is something very uncomfortable about the african american support for obama in this race. the "pressure" to vote for obama if you are black is well-documented. look at what happened to the african american superdelegates who supported hillary. it's gone so far as threats... apparently, jesse jackson, jr. asked some what they would do if their vote was the one that denied obama the nomination and doomed the candidacy of the first black president. if all this support was happening out of pure excitement for obama without having whipped up the racist fervor against the clintons and without the pressure to vote for the black candidate, then i'd be much happier. in fact, i posted a couple days ago about what i'm calling a "reverse bradley effect" http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/04/22/hillary-clinton-wins-pa-and-accomplishes-three-important-goals/#comments things have gotten so bad that african americans who support hillary do not always feel free to express that opinion. tell me that there's not something wrong with that... on a different note, i'm sorry about richardson... i am glad that you found something to admire in him, but he was his own worst enemy. his humor was charming at times, but there was a desperate element to him and his candidacy. his debate appearances had a "look at me! look at me!" quality to them. he spent too long discussing his own qualifications and accomplishments and not enough time discussing what he would do and how he would make a difference in people's lives and improving gov't. i think you'll get a much better hispanic candidate sometime in the next couple of cycles. richardson should run for senator and stop running for president (or more likely, vice president, which is probably why he endorsed obama when he did. of course, obama will not pick richardson for v.p. richardson was most likely "played" by the obama campaign...) there is something very uncomfortable about the african american support for obama in this race. the “pressure” to vote for obama if you are black is well-documented. look at what happened to the african american superdelegates who supported hillary. it’s gone so far as threats… apparently, jesse jackson, jr. asked some what they would do if their vote was the one that denied obama the nomination and doomed the candidacy of the first black president. if all this support was happening out of pure excitement for obama without having whipped up the racist fervor against the clintons and without the pressure to vote for the black candidate, then i’d be much happier. in fact, i posted a couple days ago about what i’m calling a “reverse bradley effect”

http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/04/22/hillary-clinton-wins-pa-and-accomplishes-three-important-goals/#comments

things have gotten so bad that african americans who support hillary do not always feel free to express that opinion. tell me that there’s not something wrong with that…

on a different note, i’m sorry about richardson… i am glad that you found something to admire in him, but he was his own worst enemy. his humor was charming at times, but there was a desperate element to him and his candidacy. his debate appearances had a “look at me! look at me!” quality to them. he spent too long discussing his own qualifications and accomplishments and not enough time discussing what he would do and how he would make a difference in people’s lives and improving gov’t. i think you’ll get a much better hispanic candidate sometime in the next couple of cycles. richardson should run for senator and stop running for president (or more likely, vice president, which is probably why he endorsed obama when he did. of course, obama will not pick richardson for v.p. richardson was most likely “played” by the obama campaign…)

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