It is with a heavy-heart that I have read news websites, watched the news and received emails from the Clinton campaign over the past few days. The latest email however gave me a new hope. Hillary will state her support for the Obama campaign later this week and to quote her, "my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans."
This is the first time I have felt that I might be able to support the other candidate and though it will be difficult to accept, it is time that the Democratic Party unites and works to fight the best fight it can.
There is still the possiblity as many have stated that Obama will choose Hillary as his running-mate and then that she will accept. I think that if they could work together as a team, we still have a chance of the ultimate vision being acheived. Whatever it takes, we need to make sure that McCain is not elected President.
If you think Hillary would be the best running mate like I do, here is action you can take right away. Go to Vote Booth; click on the petition addressed to Senator Obama and sign it.
Why are people signing this petition?
- We do not believe we will win if she is not on the ticket.
- While this is obvious to us, there is little evidence the other camp understands how critical she is to the success of the ticket.
- 2,000,000 signatures behind this idea will go far in demonstrating the power of Hillary’s support.
- Hillary must be on the ticket because it is the only way many women, seniors, Catholics, working class men and women, Hispanics, and Jewish Americans will vote for the ticket.
- Hillary must be on the ticket because she polls ahead of McCain in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan; states critical to our victory this fall.
- Hillary must be on the ticket because she wins the big states and the swing states; states the Democrats need to reach the 270 electoral votes required for success in November. States won by Hillary represent 300 electoral votes; states won by Obama represent 217.
- Hillary must be on the ticket because more Americans voted for her than for any primary candidate in history. 18,000,000 Democrats chose her to lead the country and the free world.
- Hillary must be on the ticket because it is the only way we will be willing to put our full, essential energy and effort behind the ticket between now and November.
Please forward this blog or email to others who share your commitment to Hillary on the ticket, quickly. Every signature is another ‘vote’ for Hillary on the ticket.
2 comments:
I hate to say it but if it's between Obama and McCain I have to go for McCain. I am NOT an Obama fan. I was with him at the begining and he sort of pushed me away. We'll see what he can do between now and November to sway me but so far he's not done a good job.
McCain at least is fairly liberal for a republican and can get things done.
I'm still upset Clinton isn't the nominee.
A stellar speech this morning, probably her first speech that really resonated with me. This reminds me of Al Gore's concession speech in 2000; some politicians speak better when the pressure is lifted.
I'm not quite convinced she's the best match. It may be a question of where the polling shakes out over the next month, but this was a very gracious exit.
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