This week Obama moved on the offensive against the Democratic front runner, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. Thursday, during the Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, Senator Obama accused Senator Clinton of neglecting to answer concretely her opinions on foreign policy, healthcare and Iraq. Earlier in the week at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa, one third of those in attendance were said to be Obama supporters. One of Hillary’s team members, Mark Penn, affronted that Obama’s followers “look[ed] like Facebook…only a few of their people look like they could vote in any state” fueling a rapid response from the voting eligible youth ready to cast their ballots for Obama. If Obama can motivate the young Americans to flock to the polls, he will have access to a large percentage of votes usually untapped by any candidate. After Obama’s and the medias attacks on Hillary in the past few weeks, her lead in a CNN national survey dropped from 30% to only 19%. These numbers bode well for Obama, who seems to be gaining ground from second place. However, Barack Obama only had the support of 22%, while Hillary Clinton had support of the 37% of the citizens polled in New Hampshire—a very influential state due to vast media coverage and momentum by winning candidates in the primary season. Another poll demonstrated that Barack Obama had more support than four major Republican party contenders in Missouri with 46% of the vote. Interestingly, there have been “rumors about rumors” claiming that Clinton has found some damaging material about Obama but “prudent[ly]… decided not to use it.”
Although not present for the recent senatorial vote on how to proceed with Iran, Obama reassures his possible constituents that he does not support military action. Also, the Presidential candidate released his new plan for technology as a means of differentiating himself from the other politicians fighting for the Democratic nomination. He proposed creating a government website where anyone could watch the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as setting up a webpage for comments from the American public on pending legislation. Additionally, he assured that new computer software would come equipped with parental controls so that the government would not need to censor the content of the internet. Senator Obama introduced another new policy this week that promised a path to citizenship for “all immigrants who earn their college degrees in the United States.” Based on his multiple announcements of more viewpoint coupled with attacks on Hillary and her dip in popularity, Obama continues to gain support as the race heads into the holidays.
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I have to agree with Sam because I watched the debate and read many articles on it as well and to me it seemed that Obama was too focused on attacking Clinton, thus making him look bad in the process. On the other hand it seemed like Clinton presented well without trying to offend the other candidates.
Also I just read that Obama is leading the polls in Iowa by a margin of 4% over Clinton. Do you think this means he is climbing the ladder to the democratic nomination?
I feel that Obama may have come into the campaign to early and he would be a better candidate in the future elections. Do you think him coming out into this election and being a front runner could hurt his political career in the future?
In what way do you think it could hurt him? This experience on the campaign trail will give him seasoning, and familiarity with the system, which will also mean that in future elections he will be more efficient, have a tried strategy, and be familiar to voters.
It could hurt him in a situation where there is too much background dirt on him that other candidates can use to bring him down. Thats a sad possiblity but it is still there.
I've got nothing more to add. A super submission followed by some excellent comments. There's no doubt you'll have plenty to write about for Obama!
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