It was an exciting primary season…first woman…first bi-racial man. But the Clintons really pissed many people off when their camp starting making it about race and then blaming the Obama camp for “playing the race card”. I think the former president lost the respect of many in the black community with his behavior, his off the wall comments and accusations and his frequent temper tantrums. IMHO, it was a mistake to have him stumping on her behalf.
Tuesday’s speech by Mrs. Clinton was a great speech, if a little bizaare. She had just gotten her azz whumped and was introduced as “the next president of the United States” as she came out to give a speech that sounded like a campaign speech when she should have been conceding that her opponent won.
I truly believe if the New York contingent had not talked some sense into her during a conference call on Wednesday, she would have been happy to blow the party into 2 fractions all in the name of going towards her goal of becoming president. According to news reports, the NY contingent urged her to endorse her opponent.
Representative Charles Rangel, D-New York, said,
“the New York congressional delegation are with her to the end, and we thought the end was the end.”
Now it seems her backers are trying to strong arm Barack Obama into choosing her as his running mate. Of course there are pros and cons to that. But can the man revel in his win for a few days before people like Bob Johnson start sending letters to the Congressional Black Caucus demanding that they have Barack choose Hillary as running mate.
Donna Brazile, a member of the Democratic National Committe, said:
“There’s a lot of healing to be done,” .[Obama] wants to do everything possible to ensure Sen. Clinton, her supporters, her donors, the voters who went to the polls to cast their ballots, that he will champion their cause, he will fight for their issues, and, of course, he will earn their support,”
