How many more states does Obama have to win to be considered a legitimate nominee?
He’s beating Hillary Clinton by pledged delegates, by states, and still it doesn’t seem like people are giving him the benefit of the doubt. Every one of his wins is spinned into insignficance. Every time he defeats Clinton, there’s some excuse that takes shape in the media, and they’re still waiting for Hillary to come out on top. So tell me, you’re going to discount Iowa? Ok. South Carolina? Sure. Georgia, yeah it’s just one more state. How about Washington, Kansas, Illinois, Colorado Nebraska, Idaho, Lousiana, Delaware, Missouri, Alabama, Alaska, Conneticut, Minnesota, and Utah. Somebody out there got some kind of lame excuse why they don’t matter too? The US is more than just New York and California. And Obama won a share of delegates in those states too. Time to stop doubting. Polls put him over McCain.
Right now Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are at a point where both have a solid base of supporters. It’s split the Democratic party in half, so to speak (many independents vote for Obama). The thing to do now for one of them to win, is to appeal to other’s base of supporters enough to get a majority. Obama is doing that by getting endorsements from prominent politicans that appeal to Clinton’s base. Clinton however is turning just about everything Obama says into some kind of skewed half truth, At every point she’s diminishing Obama and his accomplishments in the primary race thus far. Considering how passionate Obama’s base is, I don’t see how that’s going to get her to break out from just her supporters.
Obama is more likely to draw in Clinton’s base, than vice versa.
But still everyone expects Hillary to win. I don’t get it. What will it take?