Politics | 04/28/2008 6:46 pm

wOw's Views on the News: Is It Time for Clinton or Obama to Throw In the Towel?

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

By staying in the race, are the Democratic candidates inadvertently sabotaging their party’s chances of winning the election? This weekend, Howard Dean called on Clinton or Obama to drop out of the race for the candidacy by June. "Either of these candidates, if it’s time for them to go, they’ll know it and they will go," Dean said, according to the Associated Press. But will they? Should they? And if so, should they wait until the Puerto Rico primary or should the move be made now?

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no fran, you’re beating a dead horse and showing your biases. Are you a supporter of the AIPAC hardliners? Of “not a inch of land for the palestinians” rev. hagee? whatever you say about Carter, he is the greatest former president we’ve ever had. I recommend his new book — a remarkable mother.

By Michael Salling on 04/29/2008 9:06 pm

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I think they should throw the towel at each other. I’m for Obama, but sure getting disgusted at this race. At least Obama is pretty much staying on the high ground. I am totally disgusted with BOTH the Clintons.

By Jenny Oops on 04/29/2008 5:18 am

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No, No, No….Clinton and Obama need to continue to the finish. My friend, Obama, needs to muzzle Wright or he will continue to slide in the polls. Clinton must be delirious at the turn of events she created. The Democratic Party sill have some serious decisions to make about their election process after convention is over.

By Pauline Waldt on 04/29/2008 5:40 am

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Pauline, no, no, no! I watched Wright’s speech and could see that he’s a pretty bright man, albeit a mite impatient. He made some very good points, although I don’t think most Americans will understand what he said or was trying to say. Hard to believe he would continue ‘trying to clear his name’ at Obama and the countries expense. I’dd like to see the Wright speeches as one of the questions. Really curious what people here thought about it. I was impressed with his speech, but he is a bit crabby — or maybe he was just mad?????

By Jenny Oops on 04/29/2008 5:59 am

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Jenny, I’ll re-state my comments that were posted on “comments of the week” for last week ….. Linda Clark - 4/27/2008 9:12 PM When I got home this evening, my husband was watching live coverage of Reverend Wright speaking at the NAACP Dinner in Detroit. I listened to him speak for approximately twenty minutes. I found him to be intellectual, thought provoking and well versed. However, I still see him as an instigator of hate and a connoisseur of his own voice.

By Linda Clark on 04/29/2008 9:38 am

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I saw them and found them to be very insightful. I have a hesitation about the “instigator” of hate, concept (and certainly would to inciter of hate.) Though I have no doubt the rev’s words and actions have and will have that effect. I DO NOT believe it’s his desire to instigate hate, and I believe he’s sincere when he denies that. I wonder if he has some aspects of a bipolar syndrome. He’s a definitely a great performer — I’d love to invite him to our church in Honolulu. Chruch of the Crossroads. A just peace, open affirming UCC congretation. Tragically, there’s a powerful message and witness in his ministry. Tragically, the man is also has a messiah complex, and doesn’t know when it’s appropriate to go “over the top” in his preaching. Here are some ideas I want to expand for a post. I hope you’ll find some time to comment on my remarks. I rise in defense of rev Jeremiah wright? United states & terroism? 100,000 lynched in 20 years? I believe the actual numbers are that even more shocking. United States of KKK? Every state had a chapter in the 20th century? Genocide – what were Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The firebombing of cities in Japan in 1944 & 45? Gen Curtis Lemay himself said – if we lose this war we’ll be tried as war criminals. Torture? Abu Ghraib? War Crimes? Guantanamo? Aids? Doesn’t the above show that the U.S. is capable of anything. Doesn’t Tuskegee prove that? Goddamn America? Future generations of Americans will damn this generation for ignoring the inexorable slide toward to climate catastrophe that we have failed to acknowledge, let alone address. And certainly, they will damn George bush.

By Michael Salling on 04/29/2008 10:31 pm

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Wright is now demonstrating to us that he is crazy, not worthy of Obama’s understanding, and like the Clintons in terms of his ego mattering more to him than anything else.

By elaine s on 04/29/2008 3:46 pm

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My read on the Wright thing is: Two alpha males, one thought he had the other under his influence, then the first guy with less seeming effort, got the recognition—and bam!

By Star Lawrence on 05/03/2008 11:50 am

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the clinton’s created the Wright debacle — Pauline, talk about a spin zone — you’re a dervish from outer space.

By Michael Salling on 04/29/2008 9:28 pm

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Pauline, he’s a genius … watch the replays of “The Daily Show on John Stewart” and Colbert today if you didn’t catch it last night. His “performance” at the NAACP convention was highlighted on TDS … brilliant, uproarious, BOFFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Michael Salling on 04/29/2008 6:41 am

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Hillary becomes more like a pitbull with every passing day. She and Bill are like amateurs playing at Macbeth. And this from a person who once greatly admired Bill. I can’t bear the idea of them as a team in the White House for 4 years. Their apparent conviction that this election is something that is owed to them is palpable. Of the two candidates, only Obama has any dignity left. After the buffoon we’ve had to suffer under for 8 years, and assuming that Yale is as good as Harvard, isn’t dignity something we want in our next President?

By S. G. on 04/29/2008 7:06 am

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Neither candidate should drop out until **all the voters have spoken.** I’m a Clinton supporter by attrition, having supported John Edwards initially, and Barack Obama is by far the weaker candidate, since his campaign was designed to run on the strength of his personality as opposed to the strengths of his policies. Howard Dean is right and he speaks from personal experience as a presidential candidate. He’s a pretty strong-minded guy and smart enough to know in 2004 when John Kerry was the presumptive nominee that it was time to bring people together.

By Corinne M. on 04/29/2008 7:28 am

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I think we need to know who is going to be vice presidential candidate for each, it will give us more food for thought. Too much talking for too long about the same old.

By Deb Rubenstein on 04/29/2008 7:46 am

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I agree with Deb. It would add a lot to know early on who they’d like to have as their VP. Imagine Obama with Al Gore as his VP!!!! Any thoughts on THAT? I agree with Nancy Pelosi that a Clinton - Obama ticket or an Obama -Clinton ticket is never going to happen. I am worried that this superdelegate-voting-in-who-the candidate-is-going-to-be paradigm is very undemocratic and smacks of the corruption we all suspect occurred when a few judges decided who the President was after the Florida fiasco. I think the Clintons may be up to no good because Hillary is the only one who forged ahead in those states, breaking the rules. Obama didn’t even campaign in Florida or Michigan. If someone doesn’t make a decision SOON about the validity of those states’ votes the rest of the world is going to assume that this form of democratic system is not squeaky clean. If these states’ votes are counted in to help Hillary at the last moment, with everyone knowing Obama was willing to follow the rules in those states, there will be widespread unrest and disillusionment to recover from before any real change can occur. “Superdelegates” are a ridiculous concept unless their votes are tied to the popular vote and reflect the will of the people.

By Amelie Poulain on 04/29/2008 12:50 pm