Polls are indicating that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are losing popularity as they continue to attack each other – in fact John McCain is now leading them both! Imagine what will happen if, as expected, Clinton steals the nomination via her pledged Superdelegates? A severely damaged Clinton will then face a comparably very popular McCain.
According to the latest Rasmussen Report, “McCain currently leads Barack Obama 49% to 42% and Hillary Clinton 51% to 41% margin (see recent daily results). African-American support for Clinton has collapsed, falling to 55% in the general election match-up. Obama, on the other hand, earns solid support from African-American voters but attracts only 36% of white voters in a match-up with McCain.”
I highlighted the key sentence above – black voters are fleeing from Clinton. Imagine what might happen if McCain runs alongside a black Republican? There are in fact many choices to pick from:
- Former National Security Adviser (under Bush I) and former Secretary of State (under Bush II) Colin Powell
- Current Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
- Former Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell – BONUS he is from the key swing state of Ohio
- Former Congressman J.C. Watts
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Bonus! If McCain/Thomas wins, McCain gets to pick his replacement on the Supreme Court
The National Black Republican Association also has a list of current elected Black Republicans on its website, that has many more possibilities listed therein.
So…Clinton steals the nomination. McCain selects a black Republican to run with him. Black voters flee from Clinton. McCain wins in a landslide. McCain then serves two years and he dies of a massive heart attack. And we end up with the first black U.S. President. You have to admit…it is plausible.
J.C. Watts? Lord I hope he fades away. There are several people who I cannot stand to hear speak and will run for the power button on my radio if ever they come on. One is President Geoerge Bush and the other is JC Watts.
These polls are meaningless as they lack a few things – like a “margin of error” figure which can’t be calulated since they don’t have a random sample – that would take weeks or months and invalidate the results. Try calling folks and you’ll discover that everyone under 50 uses an answering maching or has an unlisted number (land line or cell). About the only valid polls are those of voters exiting the polling place.
Clinton steal the nomination?
Why can’t Obama close the deal?
*Obama in a landslide!
Winships
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