Obama Wins!

You may be sick of hearing or reading about Obama and Clinton by this point. I don't blame you, I am definitely sick of seeing Hillary trying to take down Obama. But I do have some thoughts on what happened last night that I would like to share.

Hillary:
I struggle to say anything nice about her. I don't for the life of me understand how people can have any pride in their support for her. She is absolutely devoid of any class or grace. Melinda Henneberger of Slat's The XX Factor Blog sums it up perfectly:

There has never been anything wrong with her decision to stay in the race; it's how she waged war that was at issue. There is nothing wrong with the fact that she did not concede last night, either. But her mouth says unity, and her feet say kick him where it hurts.

She has a very small window with which to use her influence. She is in real danger of overplaying her hand if she isn't careful. I was genuinely surprised at her speech. Had I been able to see The Daily Show at 6:00 p.m. when it tapes instead of 11:00 p.m. then I wouldn't have been as surprised.


Obama:
Obama delivered a soaring and inspiring speech that was full of class and grace. I thought he was generous to both McCain and Hillary. Something neither of them did for him. His speech made it clear to me that he doesn't need to have Hillary as his VP to win and here is why.

The next few months our political discussion will be the best it's been in generations. We are presented with two Presidential candidates who have very different notions on how America should be governed and what the needs of it's people are. And we are faced with stark contrasts in foreign policy philosophies. The stark contrast on issues will neutralize the race aspect of this election and even the necessity of Hillary being VP. People won't need to base their support on the fact that they aren't sure of a black guy being President or that their feelings are hurt that Hillary didn't win. People will be able to support or reject either candidate based on issues and policy direction rather than superficial things.

I plan to do whatever I can to make sure that the futures Levi and Zeke grow into is the one articulated and led by the next President of the United States, Barack Obama.