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Say That... Bitter, personal, exciting and too tough to call - 2008 race for White House “She’s got the kitchen sink flying and the china flying, the buffet is coming at me, constant distractions, these petty, trivial, slash-and-burn, back-and-forth, tit-for-tat politics.” That’s the angry voice of Barack Obama complaining bitterly about his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in a US presidential race that’s turned personal – very personal. It’s one of the most exciting and most unpredictable election for years. It’s remains extremely tight and hard to call, even for the most experienced political commentators. Clinton is behind Obama in delegate count – 1592 to his 1723 – and may have to rely on the superdelegates to get her party’s nomination. So she is fighting with everything she’s got. “It’s easy to get caught up in the distractions and silliness and the tit-for-tat that consumes our politics, the bickering that none of us are entirely immune to and it trivialises the profound issues,” she confessed after Pennsylvania. As the first black man and first women vie for the most powerful job in the world it was inevitable that race would rear its ugly head. Obama has had to sever ties with his pastor of 20 years Rev. Jeremiah Wright because of Wright’s race remarks. But Obama’s relationship with the outspoken pastor who officiated at his wedding, baptized his two daughters, and continues to speak out, may still cause him problems ahead with voters. Not surprisingly the Clintons are said to be “licking their chops” because of Obama’s difficulties. The former first lady still trails in the delegates stakes and faces an uphill climb. Her decisive Pennsylvania victory helped breathe new life and cash into her bid for the Democratic nomination. But a lot of potentially bitter battles are yet to be fought. There are Democratic primaries ahead in North Carolina, Indiana, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico, and caucuses in Guam. So the fight goes on – and on – and on, in this fierce and bitterly divisive two-horse race. As Democrats continue to slug it out with no end in sight, could sole Republican contender John McCain be laughing all the way to the White House? The straight-talking war hero and political maverick came right from behind to become the presumptive Republican nominee. But the Vietnam veteran who survived five years as a prisoner of war is well used to adversity. AT 71, he is seen as the common sense conservative. He is also a vocal force on military matters and foreign policy. A critic of Donald Rumsfeld’s “mismanagement” of the Iraq War, he has been a strong supporter of the military surge there. “We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine prospect of success,” he said recently on the surge. He is effectively being given a free run by the ongoing Democratic battle between Obama and Clinton. The longer they continue to attack each other instead of him the more McCain can afford to smile. News Files |
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