Give Me a Reason

It's interesting how much the narrative has changed in this election of 2008.

Originally it was thought that the Republicans would have a brokered convention because no one would be the clear front runner. Instead, despite the vitrolic aimed at Senator McCain by Rush, Hannity, Laura and Coulter, he has managed to fight back and win.

Senator Clinton was supposed to be inevitable. Clearly, that has not come to pass.

As a Democrat who has never voted for a Republican canditate for President I would like to find some reason to support Senator Obama is he gets the nomination. But I find I can't vote for a slogan or an emotion.

Bill Clinton gave us hope. But was there ever a doubt he was the smartest boy in school? When he answered a question he gave his answer and then backed it up with why and how. You see a lot of Democrats now lambast President Clinton in their quest to discredit Senator Clinton. I remember the '90's rather fondly. Think back to the 2000 election when the biggest issue was what were we going to do with the surplus. The wrong man won and decided the best thing to do was to squander it and bankrupt our country.

When I go to other blogs what I hear from Obama supporters is why they hate Senator Clinton more than what Senator Obama is going to do. Aside from the ever present adage that he will unite us. If that is so why is our party so fractured?

Whoever wins will have a mess to clean up. The Constitution will need to be re-constituted. It would be lovely to have our civil liberties back. Not having the entire world loathe us would be a bonus. Let's not torture, that would be super. Healthcare for everyone, like every other industrialized country, makes sense.

I believe that Senator Clinton can deliver. She's hard working, smart and knows how Washington works so she can get things done. I like her policies. I don't want another 2000 or 1976.