At Sunday’s ABC News debate, Senator Obama said any candidate who wins the Democratic nomination is going to win the general election. I beg to differ.
Senator Obama’s suggestion assumes that the solution to the problems America faces today is a Democrat in the White House. That may well be how Democrats would like to see it. But the huge number of Republicans who are changing their party (at least temporarily) to vote for Senator Obama in the primaries, are not doing so because they care so much about the Democratic party or its field of candidates, but because they believe Senator Obama is the President America needs in these perilous times. So, the idea that Americans are going to flock behind whoever the democrats choose is totally wrong.
People have been frustrated by Washington insiders and they’re disillusioned. Americans are going to elect a president who will tell the truth to the American people, change course in Iraq, protect America from terror, fix healthcare, solve corruption in Washington, bring the country together, restore our values, improve America’s image and relations abroad, amongst other things.
There are some good people on the Republican field, like Mike Huckabee. He has executive experience, low negatives, less baggage and is a Washington outsider. He can be effectively positioned as a candidate of change in a way Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney cannot. When you’re talking about Hillary Clinton, the only envisaged change is changing one Washington insider with another. And even daffy duck can see that Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton is anything but change. In Mitt Romney’s case, the only change worth mentioning is the change in abortion stance and on important issues depending on the office you’re running for. And no amount of rebranding can change that in the minds of voters. It’s change, stupid!
Much has been said about electability and some old folks in the Democratic Party just want to win. But when Democratic primary voters are considering the electability of a candidate, instead of being contented with what they see or the assessment of fellow Democrats, they should be asking Republicans and independents which Democratic candidate they would vote for in the general election, because they’re the ones who will tilt the general election.
In August, Iowans were asked to name their choice for President in a University of Iowa survey. Barack Obama came in third, ahead of McCain, Huckabee and Brownback . That’s how you determine electability.
It’s change, stupid!
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