Well, it seems that the Obama (D-IL) candidacy is back on a roll, as he defeated Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Mississippi primaries on Tuesday night. Moreover, it has been confirmed that he defeated Clinton in the Texas caucuses last Tuesday night, resulting in a net win for Obama in Texas, though Clinton did defeat Obama in the Texas primaries.
Moreover, Obama has made it clear that he is not looking to be Clinton’s Vice-Presidential candidate, declaring that, since he is leading in states won, the delegate count, and the popular vote, Clinton should not be the one talking about who’s the Presidential candidate and who’s the VP.
This quibbling has all of the pundits wondering whether or not the continued fighting between Obama and Clinton will weaken each other’s image when one or the other is finally selected to contend with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for the Presidency in the Summer and Fall of 2008. In my personal estimation, this is a silly question — no fan of Obama or Clinton I personally know would ever think of voting for McCain if their preferred candidate doesn’t win. Granted, they are spending lots of money against each other that could be used against McCain, but seriously now, any middle-of-the-road “independent” who would choose McCain’s neo-conservative push for a perpetual military presence in the Middle East over the centrist politics of Clinton or Obama (yes folks, statistics show that a majority of Americans are for withdrawing from Iraq and for some form of a national health care system) really isn’t middle-of-the-road anyway.
And, oh yeah — McCain won handily in Mississippi. What?!? Cranky old white guys are popular in the South? Who knew?!?