Yesterday Kentucky and Oregon chose Clinton and Obama respectively.
In Kentucky, Clinton won 65% of the votes and Obama 30%. In Oregon, Clinton won 42% and Obama 58%.
Kentucky was dismissed by the media and the progressive blogs. Oregon was hailed as the way to the self-coronation of Obama in Iowa. According to many of the Obama followers, Clinton received all those many more votes than Obama in West Virginia and Kentucky because the great number of white racist voters. What did they think when their candidate took an overwhelming 91 percent of the black vote in North Carolina? Was that not racist?
Let us face it: race has been present in the primaries and caucuses for the nomination from day one. Obama has had to face his inability to win some of the white votes in some states and Clinton has had to face her inability to win the black votes. Only adding to that, Hillary Clinton has faced the always present misogynists who would never vote for a woman as President. Sexism has cast a larger shadow over the primaries than race has. And in a way, Hillary Clinton continues her candidacy because it is partly a way to show many of her supporters, especially all those young women with a wish to one day be able to get the highest job in the country that they must persevere and never give in.
Then we have the “little matter” of the uncounted votes from Michigan and Florida. I believe the Democratic Party really made a huge mistake with their decision. As a Floridian, I am hurt that my vote does not count in the process of selecting the future President of the country. And I know how many of my fellow Floridians feel. Let us hope that coming November we are not sorry. Florida is a must win state in the race for the Presidency. Clinton knows it and that is one of the reasons she is fighting for the votes in that state to be counted.
And then there is one of the biggest problems this country has been facing for years and years: health care. It has been acknowledged that Clinton’s plan is far superior to Obama’s. Universal health care is needed in the country and never more than in this time of economical uncertainty. If the economy of the country were in a more stable state, many families still face great difficulties paying for health care and now the problem has increased.
I guess these are just some of the things that are overlooked for whatever reason by many of the pundits. When we all complain about how long this is going on, when we are more than ready to get a nominee so we can go back to watching our favorite program on TV, we still don’t really know how the candidates plan to face most of the main problems that ail the United States.
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