Obama Drops On Iowa

Article By Writer Michael Kraft Author: Michael Kraft
Published: January 5, 2008
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After watching hours of the drive by media account of the Iowa primary voting, I was treated to plenty of Obama. The coverage seemed pretty much to be a long commercial for the Democratic Party. I was given the head of the DNC saying how Bush failed in Katrina (despite a Democratic mayor and governor there), I was given Edwards, Clinton and Obama speeches in their entirety followed by their campaign managers talking about why each of them is so great. In between this barrage of Democratic coverage I was given 9 minutes of Rudy answering questions about Mike Huckabee, and 1 hour straight without saying Ron Paul’s name once despite him getting 10%.

The greatest sign of drive by “news” propaganda had to be the statistics at the bottom of the screen on MSNBC showing the results. The bottom of the screen had Huckabee’s, Romney’s and then McCain’s figures showing as 1-2-3 at the bottom of the screen. The problem is that McCain was not third, they just seemed to want to make him third.

McCain’s name was mentioned at least a dozen times even though he was only 3% ahead of Ron Paul, who never got mentioned once. Keep in mind that McCain spent more money in Iowa than Paul did, and that Ron Paul raised more money in Q4 of 2007 than any other Republican.

The only upside to the having to listen to the loaded news was we are given a good deal of Obama and what his message seems to be.

I have said and still say that I personally will vote for Obama if the Republicans push McCain on us. This is the only scenario that would make me vote Democrat, and it just may come to be.

I do think Obama’s message of unity in politics rings true and his integrity would make him a better choice than the amnesty pushing McCain. I would rather have a liberal with integrity than a conservative like McCain who has none.

Obama clearly is a great speaker and motivator and these qualities will be the death of the Clinton-communist express. The chink in the armor will be the first crack leading to a wave of support for Obama. I could see the enthusiasm in the supporters and the worry in the Clinton camp. I expect a dead heat in NH and another victory for Obama in South Carolina. South Carolina will be the end of Clinton and I look forward to seeing Obama in Columbia and getting a first hand feel for the momentum he will carry through there.

I loath leftists and wanna-be communist democrats like Clinton, but one of the identifying marks of a leftist is to exclude everyone that doesn’t follow their message.

It seems that at least on the surface that Obama may be a liberal who is not looking to force his ideals, he may be one who will also listen. If he is a liberal that is open minded and will keep the common goals of all politics first, then he may be an acceptable choice on a personal level.

I do like Obama, I like his tone, and I like his message of working together. I only hope that if we must endure a democrat in the white house, it will be an articulate one like Obama that is true to his word of going upward and not to the left.

Obama did well in Iowa and had a decent message of unity for everyone