Democrat Fatigue?
May 5th, 2008 at 09:11am KMorrison
There has been some debate about whether the extended Democratic Primary is helpful or harmful to either party. Obviously as Senators Clinton and Obama bash each other they do each other no great service in the long run. However, the flip side is that the Democrats have an active and involved electorate that is turning out in large numbers. However, watching cable news this weekend I thought, ‘I can’t be the only one getting sick of this’. The race and the candidates themselves still hold plenty of interest, but the coverage has grown tedious. The endless repetition of delegate counts, the blatantly biased punditry, and endless string of surogates pitching their candidates has become painfully dull. The race itself is incredibly interesting, the analysis of the race and endless ‘my candidate is great’ pitches on the news has to be wearing thin with many. Consequently, the attention being paid to the Dems, certainly a necessity at this point in their race, may have an additional downside besides the nastiness or bitterness they are engendering. There could simply be a ‘Democrat Fatigue’ that effects the eventual nominee.
Entry Filed under: Barack Obama, Campaign Issues, Hillary Clinton, Media Bias
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1. Eric T | May 5th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Even if there is democrat fatigue, them both being in the race allows democrats to be on both sides of an issue. Like this Gasoline tax, Hillary for it, Obama against it. It keeps voters from actually getting a clear idea of where they plan to lead the country.
I think they had a real strong voter turn-out in the early primaries and did too good in Red States. It would be a good idea to start to administer some political “Viagra” to the GOP regulars and open fire with some good attack ads on Hillary and Obama now.
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