Clinton has taken Kentucky and Obama is right there in Oregon.
The Democratic race for nomination is still very much alive ??? and most likely to be decided by superdelegates ??? as CNN points out clearly
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/primary.wrap/index.html
If you???re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or Obama
If you haven't done so yet, please write a message to each of your state's superdelegates at http://www.lobbydelegates.com
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Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It's that easy...
Clinton Supporters too ???. !
It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Those are really worth !
Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It's that easy...
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The dynamics of the general election will be affected not only by the Obama campaign but also by his opponent. If John McCain selects Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as a running mate, the racialized voting cards get reshuffled. Voters will have to consider yet another dark-skinned candidate with an immigrant backstory (including parents from a non-Christian background) and a given name (Piyush) even more foreign-sounding than Barack.
Among Obama boosters, there is a feeling that their candidate is so much more than the sum of his parts that race ultimately will not be much of an issue. "I just think that as people see him up close, he's going to inspire so many," says John W. Rogers, chairman of Ariel Capital Management and a key Obama supporter.
It may well be that familiarity breeds affection—and that race vanishes as a concern. I doubt things will go quite that far. But at the very least, this campaign will likely reveal that we are more "ready" than my South Carolina friend assumes—that we have finally arrived at the point where race, even as it remains a potent factor, is far from the only or most important one.
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