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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: michael97123 who wrote (8982)	2/7/2008 10:02:05 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

What Kennedy is doing behind the scenes may help Obama ultimately secure the nomination...without the nomination, he can't become the next president. Ted Kennedy’s endorsement was not about winning Massachusetts. It was about validating Barack Obama and his potential to be a great leader from day 1 in office. Kennedy has always been willing to to be a standard bearer even when it is unpopular. Obama represents the qualities of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. I also read somewhere that the right after the Kennedy endorsement the Clinton campaign felt they needed to dramatically increase Ad spending in states like MA and CA -- Barack closed the gap from the earlier polls and forced Clinton to spend a huge boatload of cash she may not be able to replace so fast. Remember that Hillary Clinton enjoyed every conceivable structual advantage as this presidential campaign got underway -- major name recognition, started with a huge warchest, has a popular ex-President for a husband, had the media pimping her 'inevitability' narrative, had more pledged superdelegates, etc... It's amazing that the insurgent Obama has pulled even with her and his prospects for the coming weeks are even better. Finally, the importance of the Ted Kennedy endorsement should not be measured by the results in Massachusettes, but for how it will play out over the course of the primary season and more importantly with the so-called Super Delegates. The Kennedy endorsement will prove crucial if this is to be decided at the convention - which I hope will not be the case.