Posted by The Sticker on June 7th, 2008
In less than one hour from now, Hillary Clinton will give a speech to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton herself indicates that she is not seeking the position of Vice President in the Obama White House. Besides, it would be too tricky for Barack Obama to manage both Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton maneuvering within his own administration
So who will the vice presidential nominee under Barack Obama be? Let’s consider someone who is like Hillary Clinton, but without all the baggage.
Consider Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Governor Granholm has obvious demographic similarities to Hillary Clinton, without all the baggage that Hillary Clinton would bring.
Besides that, Granholm has executive experience of the sort that Barack Obama needs to balance his ticket. Finally, consider the rancor with which the Michigan delegate problems were resolved. Adding Jennifer Granholm to the Obama for President campaign would go a long way toward Democratic Party healing.
If you agree, show your support for Granholm. Put this Obama-Granholm 2008 bumper sticker on your car, and promote a better choice for Obama’s VP everywhere that you drive.
Posted by The Sticker on June 3rd, 2008
I want to try to put this in a nice way, but it’s a hard thing to tell someone that their time is over. The Age of John McCain is over. John McCain’s political career is finished. The time for John McCain to be elected to anything is done.
I’ll put this in another way: John McCain is history.
It isn’t just because John McCain is old. A person can be old and still remain relevant and be able to contribute meaningfully.
It has to do with John McCain’s place in time. John McCain has failed to update his ideas.
John McCain is a politician of the past. McCain embraces ideas and attitudes that are two generations out of date.
John McCain has no vision for the future of America. His agenda is one of defense, trying to delay progress, to fend off hope, to desperately cling to the old ways of thinking that he and his supporters are fond of.
John McCain is a relic of time gone by, of plans that didn’t work out, of limitations that most Americans have transcended.
The way of John McCain is the way of the failures of America’s past.
John McCain is history. Now is the time for America to do better than it has done. Now is the time for a candidate of the future. Now is the time for Barack Obama.
Posted by The Sticker on June 2nd, 2008
Take a look at the narrow gaze of cable television, and you might think that the only elections being held tomorrow are the presidential elections in Montana and South Dakota. Turn off the tube, however, and look for election information on your own, and you’ll see that there’s a lot going on beyond the presidential election.
Tomorrow in Alabama, for example, there will be a primary election to determine the Democratic nominee for United States Senate to go head to head against Jeff Sessions, the incumbent Republican.
My bet is on Vivian Figures, the most experienced, most coherent of all the Democratic contenders.
Figures is for strong education for all children, for trade that keeps jobs in the USA, for a health care system that serves all Americans instead of just the insurance companies, for an end to the drain of American dollars into the Iraq War. Vivian Figures isn’t a partisan ideologue out to score points. Her ideas for America just make sense.
Find out more at Figures2008.com - the official Vivian Figures for Senate campaign web site.
