Grasping For Straws

This race for the White House has become nasty, and the worst part about it is we are still in the primaries.

We are at a point where we are witnessing desperation on the part of the Clinton campaign. They are firing one negative ad after another in an attempt to strip the momentum away from Barack Obama. On one hand, the Clinton campaign is saying that Obama talks too much, but on the other hand they are saying that he refuses to debate. Which is it? Do you want him to stop talking or continue talking, I am not clear on the position of the Clinton campaign.

The Clinton campaign attacked Barack Obama's work record in the Senate by saying that he is all talk and no action. The fact of the matter is, Obama has introduced more than 800 bills, and Clinton has introduced less than 300. Considering the fact that she has been in the Senate longer than Obama, it certainly appears that Hillary's work ethic is not as sound as Obama's.

In their latest attack, the Clinton campaign is attacking the originality of the speeches given by Barack Obama. Their claim is that Obama plagiarized Martin Luther King. Sure, and Hillary writes all of her own speeches. In reality, politicians have speech writers who develop speeches based on a theme. Indeed, the only reason George W. Bush sounds as if he makes a little sense is due to the fact that someone wrote his speech for him, and then used brightly colored crayons so he could read it. The average candidate has precious little time to completely proof read the speech prior to presenting it. Now this is not to say that Obama should not have been a little more careful. Perhaps he should have asked Michelle to read it to him while he worked on other issues; however, plagiarism amounts to a mere speck of dust in the violent wind storm of the Democratic primaries.

The bottom line is this. Hillary Clinton is losing ground with her power base of voters. Every day she is witnessing an erosion of voters, and observing a rising tide towards Barack Obama. Hillary is drowning in a sea of poorly played campaign ideas, and she is now grasping for straws.

Metaphorically speaking, the Clinton train is about to derail, and her newly hired mudslinger is pulling allegations out of the posterior in an attempt to prevent the train from jumping the tracks. In the end, the overall damage to the Clinton campaign may rest in the hands of her campaign manager, and her husband.