The Latest In A Series Of Super Tuesdays

I'm sorry I neglected to mention my vacation; I sort of assumed I'd post more, but frankly, I'm tired and needed a rest. Lucky for me, the addition of co-contributors means I get back to see two interesting posts from my pals.

So here I sit in my favorite cafe in Maine, sipping cappucino and eating a small piece of apple tart, catching up on the web. My mom is reading her latest Swedish mystery, something my Aunt recommended.

I am in the heart of Obama country here - aside from Obama's fairly commanding win of the Maine caucuses, my Aunt is a hardy Obama supporter, more so than my Mom, though both for similar reasons. After a day of shoring up my strength with Red, I am in the lions den, looking, well, like a cartoon bull.

My Aunt, like most of humanity (or at least, most of America), has full cable, so my Mom and I have been overwhelmed catching up on the cable news shows we never see.  I have to admit, from their cracked lens, this race is much different than the one I know on the web, or in real life. And that's before I get started on Chris Matthews.

I get the impression that tonight's results will be what many of us expected all along: Clinton appears on track to win, probably by 5-9, though I think it's 10 or better. Obama and his people seem to have essentially conceded it (he's heading to Indiana before the vote's over), and now we're arguing if close only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes.

Myself, as a Clintonite, natch, says winning and winning and losing is not.  Obama spent money like water to battle himself to a slightly less losing proposition than he had when he started 6 weeks ago.  All the excuse making - and the none too subtle suggestions of racism, fearmongering, and stupidity in PA's electorate - can't hide the fact that Obama's appeal to working class folk looks completely unsuccessful.  If it's by as much as I suspect it might be, this loss doesn't just make a case for Clinton staying in, it is indeed the case of asking, finally, why Obama can't close the deal with voters he needs. I don't take any pleasure in saying that, despite what Obama supporters might think; talking to my family's matriarchs, we are closer together than further apart, and we all want a Democrat in the White House. What I don't want, and what concerns me, still, is an Obama candidacy that can't relate to the needs and politics of working class voters in a successful way.

In the end, I don't think today changes all that much; not for the candidates. And not for the Democratic Party. Barring an incredible surprise, we will be, as with other Tuesdays, right back where we were, only in Indiana. And for me, personally, it's just another quiet evening in the country, possibly with some of the best ice cream I've ever had, and the company of family I care about. That's a pretty Super Tuesday, any way you slice it.

-- Weboy

Comments

[Redstar]

YAY CLINTON!!!!!

[jinbaltimore]

Woo-hoo! Of course, Matthews had to say even though she won she's on the Titanic and Olbermann questioned again the morality of her campaign, and Obama supporters are calling it the "low road to victory" but...woo-hoo!
As in Garnier Fruitrisse (sp?)...woo-hoo!