Mother Jones - Comments for "New Poll: Obama Inspirational But Can't Win"

Mr. Obama may or may not win the presidency. I just don't understand why he would want it. The country is too far gone to save from itself. The present regime, Democrats and Republicans, seem to be creating a sort of police state where all freedoms taken for granted in the early 50's are null and void.

He will never be the U.S. President.

Sorry people...

I suggest that Obama continues to get substantial amounts of money because we collectively have decided we want him to assume the role that Barbara Jordan served in the Democratic Party: an unimpeachable gatekeeper of issues of our community who has an all-access pass to what used to be known as the "smoke-filled room."

why the disparity for Obama?
the electability polls are unbiased (in theory at least), but donations are very biased.

didn't the Dem party decide that Mike Dukakis was the guy who could unite the Dem party and win, and that was the most important thing?

wasn't the story on Al Gore that he was the guy 'who could win', and that Bill Bradley couldn't?

John Kerry... the same story 4 years later

i don't know why the 'party faithful' don't grasp that they do their country and their party no service by trying to pick candidates based on who they think 'can win' and consequently refuse to vote for the person they think is the best candidate in the field?
all that thinking achieves is a consistent failure to field the best candidate for the office, while proving that they are usually wrong in their 'can win' evaluations anyway

Claiming that someone "can't
win" this early only makes sense
if you're throwing in a
completely unelectable candidate, i.e., Foghorn Leghorn CAN'T WIN. To wit, remember when Bush COULDN'T POSSIBLY beat McCain to be the GOP candidate for PREZ?! It's NEVER (I said NEVUH!--f.l.)
wise to rule out a good candidate, in case Hillary has
her own campaign-wrecking "Dean Scream" moment.

Mother Jones - Comments for "New Poll: Obama Inspirational But Can&#039;t Win"

Mother Jones - Comments for "New Poll: Obama Inspirational But Can't Win"