May 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton's sizable victory in Pennsylvania established her firmly as the contender who has the support of the majority of people in the states Democrats have the best chance of winning in November, 2008.  The  television news media, largely owned by Republican mega-corporations, appeared to have difficulty trying to spin against Clinton's win in Pennsylvania on election night.

The news media handed Clinton a challenge. At the time of the Pennsylvania primary, polls showed that Barack Obama easily would win both Indiana and North Carolina.  TV reporters said that wins for Obama in both Indiana and North Carolina would be obstacles for Clinton and that a win in one of those two states would be important  in establishing her as the electable candidate.  She pulled off that win in Indiana, last night.

Indiana is not just any state.  It is next to Obama's home state of Illinois.  Indiana residents listen to Chicago news. This was close to a desertion of a favorite son.  Aside from having to overtake Obama's clear lead in the Indiana polls of two weeks ago, Clinton supporters had another challenge.  Voters had to have state-issued ID cards . A major group of Clinton voters, the elderly, many of whom had stopped driving and relinquished their licenses, were the hardest hist group of registered voters disenfranchised by this requirement.  When Clinton's victory is viewed in terms of how many more registered voters would have voted for her had they been allowed to do so, her victory takes on a greater magnitude.

Obama's victory, last night, was limited to North Carolina, where there are not enough Democrats to take the state from McCain in November.

Members of the Creative Youth News Team watched as Republican news station after Republican news station tried hard to spin Clinton's victory.  As the Republican-paid news spokespersons bent over backwards to try to turn Clinton's victory into a loss, it became apparent that the goal was other than a presentation of the facts.  The news media was presenting pure spin instead of news. Why didn't the reporters simply report that Clinton had turned around a state that two weeks before had been an Obama state?  Why did reporters suggest, after such an impressive turnaround for Clinton, that Clinton was on her way out?  If residents of Florida and Michigan are re-enfranchised by the Democratic National Committee, Clinton will be rolling towards the nomination.  Both Obama and Clinton will have to get the support of so-called super-delegates.  A 50 state solution means that the deck is close to even.  However, the news media spin is aimed at trying to get Clinton to drop out just as she may be nearing victory.

If the super-delegates look at the electoral breakdown, they would have a difficult time backing Obama.  As mathematically reported in an earlier article, the electoral breakdown establishes Clinton as the likely winner over McCain and McCain as the likely over Obama.  Read   "IN ELECTORAL VOTES, CLINTON BEATS McCAIN AND IS WAY AHEAD OF OBAMA; OBAMA LIKELY TO LOSE ELECTORAL VOTE TO McCAIN" at http://creativeyouth.net/electoralcollege2008.html  for more details.

What possible purpose could the Republican news media have for trying to get Clinton to drop out of the race and to hand Obama the nomination?  Would the Republican corporations want a President who would act against their interests?   If you consider that Republican corporate heads are too smart to help a candidate who will act against their interests, there remain two possibilities? 

The first possibility is that the Republican News Media believe Obama will help Republican corporations at the expense of the people. If you read today's Black Agenda Report at http://blackagendareport.com , you will discover that the most educated among the Black commentators seem to believe Obama stands with the Republican corporations against the people.

The second possibility is that the Republican News Media is holding back stories that will be used to crush Obama in October and November.  This will result in the election of John McCain. The October story is expected revolve around indicted influence-peddler Tony Rezko, a top fundraiser for Obama.  Rezko's wife provided Obama with part of the property upon which Obama's house sits.  The money for this investment appears to be from another Obama friend Nadhmi Auchi, who was part of several economic ventures with Saddam Hussein.  The media is believed to be planning to focus on the Saddam Hussein-Barack Obama financial connection as a major story in October or November.   The objection to McCain is that he has voted with Bush for war and torture. For Obama to win, the American people may have to find themselves preferring a Saddam Hussein connection to a Bush connection.  Democratic voters who get their news from the TV because they are too poor for the Internet are unlikely to pick Saddam Hussein over Bush in November.

A side effect of the second possibility is a KKK dream-come true.  If Obama is crushed because of associations with terrorists and criminals, the loss would be spun as the loss of a Black candidate.  The loss would be used to prevent future Blacks from being nominated.  In the event of a sinking Obama campaign, many who dream of a Black President would likely stick with Obama instead of switching to a more electable Cynthia McKinney, the liberal African-American Congresswoman who filed Articles of Impeachment against Bush, Cheney and Rice.  The fear of many informed Democrats is that the Obama supporters will dwindle but largely sink with the ship and thereby cost America its chances for an African-American or female President in favor of a white male from the Bush camp.

The probability is that, if super delegates pick Obama, they will cost their party the Presidency.  If they pick Clinton, they will likely win the Presidency.  Most disgruntled Obama voters are expect to go independent or to stay home.  Many of them would vote for McKinney but not for McCain.  The conservative part of the Clinton vote might go to McCain if she loses the nomination.  Though Clinton's voting record is to the left of Obama's, Clinton is perceived as more conservative and has attracted more Democratic conservatives to her.  Members of the Creative Youth News Team personally know at least three Orange County Clinton pledged delegates who have a history of voting for Republicans over Democrats and who might vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee.

The Republican corporations appear determined to continue steering the nomination towards Obama. The CY News Team will be watching and reporting on the spin.

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