Saturday, January 19, 2008

Nevada, South Carolina - Is the Race Turning Republican?

Nevada proved to be another frustration for Obama supporters like me . I thought he had an edge because he wont the endorsement from culinary workers union. But Clintons did everything they could , a strong groundwork proved to be an ultimate winner. CNN showed Mr Clinton going around and shaking hands with everyone in the strip casinos(strip is where all the major Casinos are located in Las Vegas). Clintons were very critical about setting up the caucus locations in the Casinos as they thought it might intimidate the voters in front of the Union officials who endorsed Obama formally. But results show Clinton was in a tight race with Obama in caucus location that are set-up on the strip. Let us give the credit to Clintons for their ground work rather than their negative campaigning for this victory.

Another disturbing thing to notice was Clintons and Obama bring up the race issue into the campaigning and subsequently blowing it out of proportions by the media. Race is a reality but its so uncomfortable to watch that being discussed while evaluating a candidate. Not sure how that is going to impact their respective campaigns in South Carolina. I feel both Obama and Clintons should have been more sensitive about it.

Finishing fourth in South Carolina might be disappointing for for Romney after his victory in Michigan and Nevada. He is definitely capable like with lots of his business and political experience and MC Cain gives me an impression of another war-loving Republican. May be i should look closely at his profile and what he had done while in politics.

May be Democratic race appears less interesting with their race and other direct attacks of candidates on each other. With Republican race getting more interesting , this situation underscores the analysts suspicion that whether Democratic front runners could make it to the White house.

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