The Woman Who Thought She Could

Of course Hillary had a better chance against McCain than Obama. However, the Democratic party seems to have given up on the presidency. Obama's only selling point is that he's an underdog. American hasn't officially had a "black" president, so that is what he has to offer.

As a politician, his record is one of intense mediocrity. His only marketable quality is the color of his skin. This is unfortunate for the democrats. In a presidential election you hope to have candidates that are appealing to both parties. There is no sense in finding the candidate that your party likes if he's not going to get elected.

It's one thing to win a party nomination, but quite another to win a general election. In this case, Hillary was the candidate with the highest potential to win general, but was overshadowed by the parties internal enamor with Obama.

Do the Democrats simply not want the presidency during these troubles times? Are they attempting to show at the general election by placing a solid second place runner in a two man race? What would be the advantage other than avoiding responsibility during troubled times? Could it be another chip in the game to say we've been ignored by racists when the truth is they put up a candidate with nothing more than race to offer?

Of course many Democrats will say that racism or corruption prevented them from winning this election. The truth however, is that the Democrats purposely created the scenario for failure. Sadly, the country and the Republicans will receive the blame.

When people complain about racism or corruption, just remind them that they had a good chance before they decided to lose with Obama. It's not likely that they didn't understand that a majority of Democrats chasing eye candy is not the target audience for a general election.