Letters to the Editor
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Hillary's scorched earth attacks backfired
and have burned her chances for anything meaningful within the Democratic Party. Ted Kennedy took the time to nix any pretence of even harboring a notion of Hillary on the ticket. She does not promote the values of Obama's campaign. Even Charlie Rangel who has campaigned long and hard for Hillary, while his wife supports Obama, was taken aback and expressed outrage at Hillary's "hardworking white Americans" attack. Edwards sneakily suggested that he had voted for Obama in the NC primaries. Who does anyone think is Gore going to support? Certainly not Clinton. Besides, Gore's stature has grown in the Dem Party while Clinton's has steadily declined.
Hillary is going to have a hard time going back into the Senate. The Black Caucus has certainly been alienated, notwithstanding that Maxine Waters has been a stauch Hillary supporter. Besides, it would be foolish to make Hillary the Senate Majority leader. There will be many new faces elected on Obama's coattails who will look at Hillary with a jaundiced eye. Barbara Boxer is already tilting toward Obama, many former Clinton supporters and colleagues have moved over or will side with the winner. Her best bet is to run for governor of NY state.
Much is made out of heavy Clinton support from a certain class of white American women. There are so many articles written on and by white feminists for Obama. I don't buy the notion that any white feminist woman who is a Democrat will ever vote for McCain. The true reason, and possibly the only big reason that Clinton has been so successfully routed is because she voted for the war in Iraq. That is what I keep hearing over and over again from women and men from many states. In the end, it is all about the war in Iraq.