Real Democrats move on, leaving Hillary behind
The Democratic Party is desperate to start fighting their real opponent John McCain, but is sadly still locked in a battle between Obama and Clinton, even though Obama has effectively already won the nomination.
So it’s no surprise that progressive organisations such as MoveOn are already looking past this primary contest, to the battle between McCain and Obama in November.
They have recently been holding an online contest for ordinary Americans to make 30 second political adverts, just as they previously did 4 years ago against President Bush, but this time all of which are supporting Obama for President.
MoveOn, in case you’re not familiar, is a grassroots organisation originally founded to counter the media hounding of the Clinton Presidency over the Monica Lewinsky affair. But MoveOn, like much of the activist base of the Democratic Party, have themselves moved on from the Clinton years and have endorsed Barack Obama.
Their Obama in 30 seconds initiative is not just an exercise in online participation - the winner of the competition will see their film aired on national television as part of the general election campaign.
England for Obama will be showing some of the best contesting films in the days ahead too. Our first offering is shown above.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton’s dwindling support within her own Party has caused consternation and bitterness, which was demonstrated when the Huffington Post recently managed to catch her off guard at a private fundraiser.
This is not what you say if you want to represent your Party for President!
“We [her campaign has] been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party…Moveon.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] — which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down.”
April 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
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