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Title: Obama recovers his momentum (FINANCIAL TIMES REITERATES ENDORSEMENT OF OBAMA)
Source: Financial Times (via Euro2day)
URL Source: http://www.euro2day.gr/ftcom_en/126/articles/320902/ArticleFTen.aspx
Published: May 8, 2008
Author: Financial Times Editorial Board
Post Date: 2008-05-08 13:47:01 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 244
Comments: 16

Obama recovers his momentum

This week's Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina may not have been the knockout blow Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking. But both contenders are now so bloodied that it is time for the referee to stop the fight and declare the winner. By any reasonable yardstick, that is Mr Obama.

The young senator from Illinois won a thumping victory in North Carolina and held Mrs Clinton to a very small advantage in Indiana. Her recovery has now been checked, and was partly illusory anyway: even in the trough of "Bittergate" and with the Rev Jeremiah Wright around his neck like an albatross, Mr Obama was still widening his lead in delegates. He has now demonstrably recovered his élan. Mrs Clinton, by contrast, is beginning to look as though she would need about three-quarters of the remaining uncommitted super-delegates to come within hailing distance of victory. Her campaign, moreover, is running out of money and she is again having to raid her own funds to keep it alive.

From the point of view of the Democrats' prospects in November, this campaign is now getting dangerously dirty, with both sides en­trenching themselves within almost tribalised constituencies: white, working-class voters, women and the elderly for Mrs Clinton, black voters , the college-educated and the politically awakened young for Mr Obama. It is not just the animosity that is growing visibly between them and significant groups of their rival coalitions – some of whom are indicating they will not close ranks and turn out to vote for the eventual victor – that should tell the party the contest is over. Nor is it just the strident attack advertising that is building up an arsenal of ammunition for John McCain, their Republican opponent, to use.

The Clinton camp is resorting to tactics intended to delegitimise Mr Obama: casting him as merely another black candidate, who has built his lead in party caucuses rather than on clear wins in the big states the Democrats will need to carry in November. This is bogus.

Indiana, a state sociologically not unlike Pennsylvania or Ohio, was practically a dead heat. Mr Obama won by 14 points in North Carolina, a state that elected Senator Jesse Helms – an arch-conservative Republican – for 30 years until his retirement in 2002. Mr Obama is not gaming the system; he is winning.

He has been severely and usefully tested against the formidable Mrs Clinton. The super-delegates should now exercise their judgment. Mr Obama, bruised as he is, looks much the best bet. And it is high time to put Mr McCain to the test.

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#2. To: aristeides (#0)

Suppose they gave an election and no one came...

Lod  posted on  2008-05-08   14:13:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: lodwick (#2)

Suppose they gave an election and no one came...

Perhaps you didn't notice how high the turnout was in Tuesday's primaries.

aristeides  posted on  2008-05-08   14:16:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: aristeides (#3)

I'm not sure that will be the case for the general.

It may depend on just how dirty things get.

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