Posted by
Aaron G on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:07:09 PM
What event you ask? The Hijacking of the convention by the
Clinton's. This was suppose to be
Obama's week to show that the Democrat Party was now his, right? Wrong! If he can't even control the
Clinton's, a family that has all but run out of leverage within the party's convention,
as Dick Morris notes here, what makes him think he can handle anyone else on the world stage?
Here's my favorite passage from the article...
"But, without having any leverage or a decent hand to play, the Clintons bluffed Obama into amazing concessions. Hillary will speak on Tuesday night in prime time. Chelsea will introduce her. She will get to play a film extolling her virtues produced by Harry Bloodworth Thomason. Bill will speak on Wednesday night. Hillary’s name will be placed into nomination. She will get to have nominating and seconding speeches on her behalf. And, on Thursday night, the last night of the convention, the roll call will show how narrowly Obama prevailed.
So Obama gave away Tuesday night, Wednesday night and part of Thursday night to the Clintons. It will really be their convention. A stronger candidate would’ve called their bluff and confined the Clintons to one night on which both Hillary and Bill spoke (he would have outshone her). He would have blocked a roll call by allowing a voice vote to nominate by acclimation. He would have stood up to the Clintons and recaptured his own convention."
I'm sure this isn't the last example of his weakness to be go display.