Chris Cantell Discusses Politics: Obama is confident

Obama starts his presidential campaign although the match with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not come to an end. It is true that he attracted most of the superdelagates, but is that enough to see himself as a winner? After his showdown in Missouri on Tuesday, Obama clearly showed he is more than sure of the winning of the Democratic presidential nomination, therefore next is campaigning against Republican Senator John McCain. Even if Clinton wins in West Virginia and in Kentucky next week, she still has few chances to beat Obama due to the fact that every day new superdelagates (officials of the Democratic Party who can back up whom ever they want) are turning to him. It is no surprise that he did not campaign a lot in West Virginia, nor will it be if he refuses to talk about the primary results. The last meeting face to face between the two Democratic rivals captured the tension persisting in spite of the hand shook and the short conversation. expected to lose to Clinton, he was campaigning in Missouri, a battleground between the two parties in recent elections. He held an economic town hall event at a clothing manufacturing plant in Cape Girardeau County, home to many working-class voters. Obama lost the county to Clinton in the Feb. 5 primary, even though he narrowly carried the state. Being sure that he will win, what will Obama do next? He will focus on how to get Clinton’s supporters on his side and convince Republican supporters to vote for him. In order to complete the first task he will have to seduce the white, blue-collar workers and convince him to not abandon the party if Clinton loses. Meantime, he is linking the controversial Bush administration to McCain, thus stressing the economy issues and the Iraq war. He will materialize his strategy of extending from the usual 15 competitive states and target also those that are considered as being mostly Republican like Virginia, North Carolina, wanting to prove that there are no more political differences, but an entire country wanting a new policy at the White House. Nevertheless, Clinton has not signaled any intention of retiring from the competition. It would benefit both of them to get to a mutual understanding for the sake of their party and for a stronger competition against McCain. Are they mature enough to see that?

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by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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