American Views Abroad

 
Four euros postage to send in the primary ballot for Super Tuesday in New York State. So who is going to win this time around the clerk asked? Obama! There are a number of reasons this one white woman over a certain age voted for him: he opposed the Iraq war early on, and he represents a real chance to bring the US together again in a climate where people seem to be trapped in political trenches. Should he be elected President and there seems to be good cause to believe many independents and even some Republicans would cross over to him, the symbol of him taking the oath would help ease strong anti-American feelings around the globe. Add to this a nagging dislike for carpetbaggers. Even back in the sixties, there was a sense that Robert Kennedy wasn't a New Yorker and should not have been its Senator. It was the emotion of those years that got him elected. Likewise with Senator Clinton. It was the emotions of the impeachment hearings that helped elevate her to representing New Yorkers. The decision wasn't a difficult one --- it was a choice between a new beginning or a continuation of ugly political mudslinging.
- posted by Gloria @ 5:47 PM