Election musings and poll

[owlmoose]

So John Edwards dropped out. Since I had finally settled on him, and was actually looking forward to casting a vote that mattered for a candidate I liked, this throws me into a bit of disarray.


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[bottle-of-shine.livejournal.com]

All the murmurings I hear from the adults I know favor Clinton; I'm not sure why. I hear a lot of "Obama doesn't have enough experience." but when I ask what sort of experience they'd want him to have, they don't have an answer. I'm on the far side of the fence here: I think it might be better if Obama walks into the presidency, young, without tons of political baggage. I might be in a minority, though.

Also, I know a lot of women who seriously buy into the whole, "oh there's a woman running, I better vote for her." DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT.

I guess, for the first time, America is going to face something huge: their sexism and their racism and religious intolerance, whether valid or invented because of Obama's heritage. This is why I think things will be up in the air for awhile yet — I figure things will change right up until the nomination.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

"Obama doesn't have enough experience."

Yeah. It interests me that Edwards, who only had one term in the Senate, didn't get the same kind of scrutiny on that point. And over half of Clinton's experience was as First Lady -- a more politically involved First Lady than most, to be sure, but still.

America is going to face something huge: their sexism and their racism and religious intolerance

It's true. And actually a little exciting: out of four front-runners for President of the United States, only one is a white male Protestant. There was a part of me that really thought the Democrats nominate Edwards in the end for just that reason.