Barrack Obama is eloquent. Hillary Clinton is scrappy. John McCain can be refreshingly candid and ironic, says a New York Times article. As for those who say he is awfully old, well, look at his record: no one can question his courage and patriotism.
If Obama wins the Democratic nomination, it will be a straight fight between two media darlings, says Neal Gabler in the New York Times article, which suggests McCain is the most impish of the three candidates. While Obama is idolised for his idealism. McCain charms reporters with his seeming candour, self-deprecating humour, irony and cynicism. Gabler recalls:
In 1999, William Greider wrote in Rolling Stone that, “While McCain continues examining his flaws, the reporters on the bus are getting a bit edgy. Will somebody tell this guy to shut up before he self-destructs?”
Imagine, reporters protecting a candidate from himself!
Who blinked first?
Obama supporters, of course, want Hillary to drop dead so he can carry the fight to the old man. Hillary's hopeless struggle for the nomination is distracting Obama from concentrating on the real enemy, they say.
But why shouldn't she carry on the battle when she has as many supporters as Obama? The Democrats are evenly split, according to Rasmussen Reports, with 22 percent wanting Hillary to drop out, and an equal number opposed to Obama.
Obama claims he is more electable than Hillary. But he didn't seem so sure when he didn't want to face the voters again in Florida and Michigan. It was he who blinked, not Hillary.
By ducking the repoll, of course, he stays ahead in the delegate count. But if he is not so sure of winning the Democratic primaries, how can he be so sure of beating the Republicans?
