Where is Dean, Where is John Edwards, Where are the Previous Democractic Presidential Candidates?
Talk about gone in the blink of an eye. It seems to me that the complete absence of any input from these leaders in the democratic party regarding the contest between obama and clinton is odd. I can only imagine that everyone is trying to hedge their bet and not make a statement that might jeopardize their political futures by getting behind a candidate that turns out not to be the democratic nominee. well, let me say that this only shows the complete lack of integrity and leadership in the democratic party. if the tables had been turned and hillary was in obama’s shoes or if john edwards had been forturate enough be in obama’s place, the party would have coalesced behind that front-runner and asked hillary to step down. but hillary is a white woman and obama is a black man. hillary’s last name happens to be clinton and i am absolutely certain, even in the absence of any evidence, that the clintons have a lot of favors that need to be repaid by current elected democratic officials.
i will only caution those currently in office to think long and hard about your political alliances. the obligation that you have, first and foremost, is to your constituents. you were elected to represent the people by whom you were elected. the american political landscape has changed forever and you can rest assured that voters will no longer allow you or any other elected official to be unaccountable. if your political debts and skeletons in the closet are such that you simply cannot do what is right, then it is your own conscience with which you have to deal.
