One week ago, June 3, 2008, marked the end of the longest primary battle in United States history. But it doesn't stop there. On that night, Barack Obama became the first African-American ever to win the Presidential nomination for a major party.
The race for the White House between the two Democratic Nominees has proven to be a outright bloodbath between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Supporters of each of the two candidates are die-hard, brutal, and very loyal to their respective candidates. But now that Hillary Clinton has officially announced that she has conceded from the race, two vital questions remain unanswered. Will her supporters back Obama and who will Obama choose as his running mate?
Hillary Clinton has now turned her focus to pressing her supporters to support the official democratic nominee for President. According to CNN.com in a poll released Friday, "60 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for McCain and 22 percent, said they would not vote at all if Clinton were not the nominee." I admire Clinton's vow to strive for a democratic White House by doing whatever in her power to defeat John McCain in the upcoming election. Therefore, if the democrats wish to take the White House, they will most likely need to listen closely to the Senator's words and unify the party by backing Obama, regardless of their original intentions.But just maybe her supporters won't need such a strong persuasion to support Obama if she is chosen as his running mate in the Presidential election. According to CNN.com, and a recent national poll, "Fifty-four percent of registered Democrats questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Friday think Obama should name his rival as his running mate; 43 percent disagreed." For the majority of democratic voters, they do wish for Hillary Clinton to be named to his ticket. And if this plays out, all of her die-hard supporters will likely give Obama a strong and united democratic backing for his upcoming contest with the Republican nominee, John McCain. Many of Clinton's top supporters have announced that if Obama wants the 18 million votes of Hillary Clinton to back him, then it is almost necessary for him to add her to the ticket. But not everyone sees the Obama-Clinton ticket as a dream ticket, including Former President Jimmy Carter, when he said that would be "the worst mistake that could be made."
The decision of Clinton's supporters to unify or to not unify the party by remaining loyal to the democrats, regardless of Clinton's concession to the race, is a vital one for Barack Obama's campaign. And his decision of who to add as his running mate is just as vital. These two important factors of the race that will be decided in the near future will quite possibly have a major impact on how the entire Presidential election turns out.
The race for the White House between the two Democratic Nominees has proven to be a outright bloodbath between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Supporters of each of the two candidates are die-hard, brutal, and very loyal to their respective candidates. But now that Hillary Clinton has officially announced that she has conceded from the race, two vital questions remain unanswered. Will her supporters back Obama and who will Obama choose as his running mate?
Hillary Clinton has now turned her focus to pressing her supporters to support the official democratic nominee for President. According to CNN.com in a poll released Friday, "60 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for McCain and 22 percent, said they would not vote at all if Clinton were not the nominee." I admire Clinton's vow to strive for a democratic White House by doing whatever in her power to defeat John McCain in the upcoming election. Therefore, if the democrats wish to take the White House, they will most likely need to listen closely to the Senator's words and unify the party by backing Obama, regardless of their original intentions.But just maybe her supporters won't need such a strong persuasion to support Obama if she is chosen as his running mate in the Presidential election. According to CNN.com, and a recent national poll, "Fifty-four percent of registered Democrats questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Friday think Obama should name his rival as his running mate; 43 percent disagreed." For the majority of democratic voters, they do wish for Hillary Clinton to be named to his ticket. And if this plays out, all of her die-hard supporters will likely give Obama a strong and united democratic backing for his upcoming contest with the Republican nominee, John McCain. Many of Clinton's top supporters have announced that if Obama wants the 18 million votes of Hillary Clinton to back him, then it is almost necessary for him to add her to the ticket. But not everyone sees the Obama-Clinton ticket as a dream ticket, including Former President Jimmy Carter, when he said that would be "the worst mistake that could be made."
The decision of Clinton's supporters to unify or to not unify the party by remaining loyal to the democrats, regardless of Clinton's concession to the race, is a vital one for Barack Obama's campaign. And his decision of who to add as his running mate is just as vital. These two important factors of the race that will be decided in the near future will quite possibly have a major impact on how the entire Presidential election turns out.
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