'Dream ticket' of Democrats

'Dream ticket' of Democrats
15th May 2008
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/15/letter-039dream-ticket039-democrats.html

This is the year of the Democrats thanks to Bush and they will have to work really hard to lose the White House.
Voters in North Carolina voted overwhelmingly for Obama and he almost defeated Hillary in Indiana. Voters did vote on biases: race or gender. Ninety percent black voters voted for Obama while 60 percent of whites voted for Hillary.
Women voters also voted for Clinton in a big way. But in democracy, "lobbies" are ever present. Whites, blacks, Jews, Hispanics, and they often vote on a parochial basis.
Obama will surely be nominated. His party would not dare alienate black voters who are excited about Obama becoming the first black president.
Super delegates recognize him as the front-runner, impressed with his handling of a crisis created by Rev. Wright. But Obama will have to strive hard to be recognized as "everybody's candidate".
But nomination is only half the battle won. He has to win in November. If Hillary accepts to be his running mate, it will be a "dream ticket". This would also avoid more bad blood in remaining primaries. But are both big enough to reach such a compromise?
Let's hope Obama wins in November and becomes the first black president of U.S. and completes his two terms. Whether Obama can do it depends on his politics and policies not his race, because as per a CNN poll, more than 75 percent of Americans are willing to accept a black president.
Obama has a 100 percent perfect record of voting for the common man in the senate. And he is not a politician who would make unprincipled compromises under the disguise of "bringing people together".
But when I look at the divisive role played by Obama's former pastor Rev. Wright, I remember the old saying: Your worst enemies come from within.
K. B. KALE, Jakarta