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Clinton and Obama - Please Stop Them!

May 10th, 2008
By WILLIAM KERN


It’s as though anxiety around the world over the ongoing battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is just as strong as it is among U.S. Democrats.

Referring to the remaining undecided Democratic superdelegates, Sabine Muscat writes for the Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland:

“There are moments in life in which a person must make a decision, even if you don’t know what decision is the right one. You can weigh the pros and cons, draw on the council of friends or see a fortune-teller. But calculating the probabilities only gets you so far since no one can know all the variables. All of which is why one must act on the basis of the information available at the time.”

Muscat concludes:

“If Hillary Clinton can’t recognize when its time to concede, then the remaining undecided superdelegates should offer a helping hand: with a swift vote in favor of the candidate who has emerged as the winner of primaries held so far: Barack Obama.”

By Sabine Muscat

Translated By Ulf Behncke

May 7, 2008

Germany - Financial Times Deutschland - Original Article (German)

Philadelphia: It’s about time that the superdelegates put an end to the clash between presidential candidates Clinton and Obama - even if Clinton doesn’t realize that it’s time to stop.

There are moments in life in which a person must make a decision, even if you don’t know what decision is the right one. You can weigh the pros and cons, draw on the council of friends or see a fortune-teller. Calculating the probabilities can only get you so far since no one can know all the variables. All of which is why one must act on the basis of the information available at the time.

That should be exactly the course of action now taken by the U.S. Democratic superdelegates, in whose hands lies the power to bring the clash of rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to an end. The information we now have is this: Obama’s has the balance of superdelegates needed to obtain the Party’s nomination.

With his huge victory in North Carolina, he neutralized Clinton’s win in Pennsylvania the week before. Clinton was unable to catch up to and overcome him. And the enthusiasm that a clear victory in Indiana would have generated is missing as well.

U.S. Democrats had half a year to compare presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and to verify that both uphold the same core Democratic values. At present, which of the two stands a better chance against Republican John McCain on November 4 is anybody’s guess. What’s clear right now, however, is that the margin between both candidates and John McCain is shrinking. The Democrats should worry less about …


READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, along with continuing translated foreign press coverage of the U.S. election.



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    What's-Their-Faces, E.J. Dionne and Fred Barnes(?) yesterday on NPR said the Dem race was over.
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    “If Hillary Clinton can’t recognize when its time to concede, then the remaining undecided superdelegates should offer a helping hand: with a swift vote in favor of the candidate who has emerged as the winner of primaries held so far: Barack Obama.”

    Well, Hillary can still win. In fact it will be interesting after Tuesday to see how her (expected) win in WV plays out. And she's expected to win in KY the following week. She's definitely going to put some spin on those wins (especially WV, which she will win by a landslide). That will slow Barack and in downstream contests her WV win will cause folks to give her another look, and more votes. Even though it may prove to be more symbolic than anything else.... :)

    But nonetheless she only has an uphill battle, but she can still pull ahead if Obama screws up.

    I'm not holding my breath until it's over.

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