Why Obama Lost
The Progressive has published a list of 10 things Obama did wrong or that affected yesterday’s primaries. Here’s the list:
- NAFTA Flap
- Rezko
- A Blunder in the Last Debate
- The Red Phone Ad
- No Effective Counterpunch to Clinton’s “Fighter” Image
- A Weak Economic Message
- Too much time in Ohio
- An Improvident Trip to Rhode Island
- Failure to Bring Bill Richardson and John Edwards on Board
- SNL, Jon Stewart, Letterman
While it’s true that these things affected the outcome of the race, the real reason for his losing is that Hillary finally screwed her head on straight and launched an ad that hurt Obama without her sounding venomous. It also didn’t help that the Rezko trial started this week. It didn’t help that the media finally started asking him serious questions.
Most of all, though, he just isn’t qualified for the job. (For that matter, neither is Hillary. He’d be the perfect Orator-In-Chief but I didn’t see such a position in the Constitution the last time I read it. Obama and John Edwards bring essentially the same qualifications to the table. the most significant difference is that Edwards doesn’t have Obama’s speaking ability and Obama doesn’t have Edwards’ hair.
Don’t take that to mean that Hillary’s qualified for the position of Commander-In-Chief either. Her qualifications are that she’s married to a former president. That isn’t the same as saying that she’s a good decisionmaker.
Neither Obama or Hillary has the gravitas to match John McCain in the decisionmaking department. It’s that simple.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog