Mike Pouraryan
Should Barack Obama Help Pay Off Hillary Clinton’s Debt?
Who knew Barack Obama would be the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Certainly not Hillary Clinton. Who would have thought that some young Senator from Illinois would be able to triumph over Mrs. Bill Clinton? The primaries were brutal. The Clinton camp used everything in their arsenal to exploit Barack Obama’s inexperience (I am still trying to figure out when 46 became young), link his beliefs to his Muslim father, and blow Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s sermons way out of proportion. During one of her debates she actually praised John McCain for his experience and said well “Barack Obama has. Well speeches.” Now that he is the presumptive nominee, it puts her in quite an awkward position. Hillary Clinton continued a battle to the White House that numerically was not impossible for months. She mocked him in an effort to exploit his weaknesses.
She is approximately 22 million dollars and debt. Should Barack Obama bail her out? Would it be in his best interest to put aside past issues and help her with her debt? We are all aware the two of them will campaign in public together for the sake of putting a democrat in office for the sake of the party. Should Barack Obama also on her financial burdens?
Hillary received close to 18 million votes during the primaries. She has a loyal following with older women and Reagan Democrats. Her presence with Barack Obama is valuable.
I believe for the sake of uniting the party, he should. We have a higher calling with this election. For the past seven years, our country has been in a tailspin. The last thing we need is four more years of George W. Bush. Therefore, whatever it takes with in the confines of morality and law is what we need to do to get Barack Obama in the White House.
Hillary, take what you need! This country needs Barack Obama
She is approximately 22 million dollars and debt. Should Barack Obama bail her out? Would it be in his best interest to put aside past issues and help her with her debt? We are all aware the two of them will campaign in public together for the sake of putting a democrat in office for the sake of the party. Should Barack Obama also on her financial burdens?
I believe for the sake of uniting the party, he should. We have a higher calling with this election. For the past seven years, our country has been in a tailspin. The last thing we need is four more years of George W. Bush. Therefore, whatever it takes with in the confines of morality and law is what we need to do to get Barack Obama in the White House.
The only argument for Obama to even contemplate Hillarys loss is if he backs her as his 'second in command' and the party subsidises her losses.
It is not uncommon in American politics for competing candidates to assist in paying off the debt of his/her competitor(s). In fact, This election, losing candidates have asked for contributions to retire their campaigns debt. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) were engaged in such campaigns and have found help from other candidates.
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Reagan Democrat is an American political term used by political analysts to denote traditionally Democratic voters, especially white working-class Northerners, who defected from their party to support Republican President Ronald Reagan in both the 1980 and 1984 elections. It is also used to refer to the smaller but still substantial number of Democrats who voted for George H. W. Bush in the 1988 election. The term can also be used to describe moderate Democrats who are more conservative than liberal on certain issues like national security and immigration.
The work of Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg is a classic study of Reagan Democrats. Greenberg analyzed white ethnic voters (largely unionized auto workers) in Macomb County, Michigan, just north of Detroit. The county voted 63 percent for John F. Kennedy in 1960, but 66 percent for Reagan in 1984. He concluded that "Reagan Democrats" no longer saw Democrats as champions of their working class aspirations, but instead saw them as working primarily for the benefit of others: the very poor, the unemployed, African Americans, and other political pressure groups. In addition, Reagan Democrats enjoyed gains during the period of economic prosperity that coincided with the Reagan administration following the "malaise" of the Carter administration. They also supported Reagan's strong stance on national security and opposed the 1980s Democratic Party on such issues as pornography, crime, and taxes.[1]
Researchers have not tracked what political path these voters took after the end of the Reagan and Bush administrations.
The term Reagan Democrat also refers to the vast sway that Reagan held over the House of Representatives during his presidency, even though the house had a Democratic majority during both of his terms.[2]
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