The Dupree Report

Well, well, well, what is up with this? A picture is worth a 1,000 words and even with Hillary Clinton reaching across the aisle to shake the hand of the amnesty leader Ted Kennedy, Senator Obama turned away. Why was that? He is at the top of his game right now. He has the strong endorsements coming in, he’s in charge and moving along at a rapid pace. The rest of the candidates (Clinton and Edwards) really don’t have a chance with the Kennedy’s endorsements cementing him as the candidate of choice. There is no way that Obama would lose the nomination now since Teddy joined his staff. Even with the slum landlord friend that was indicted today having no effect (that we know of), Obama should be the confident one. The one that looks in the face of skepticism with a face of confidence and appeal. But he turned his back on Clinton like a spoiled child. I am not here to judge the candidates and how they react. I am just here to speak about different things. It seems to me that even with the endorsement of Kennedy, Obama is still in a little fear it might not be enough. Think about it, the delegates stand at Clinton leading right now (if you count the super delegates) and they haven’t even gone to the National Primary yet which is set to happen on February 5. Kennedy says that he can help Obama with the Latino vote to shore that up and close ranks to help put Obama over the top. But this “child-like” act doesn’t speak well on Obama nor does it look good. The press probably won’t speak about it which they wouldn’t like to put Obama in bad light. Here is the bottom line. The press can’t attack Obama in fear that there would be a serious backlash due to his race. “The press/media is going hard after him because he’s black”. That is a lot different with Hillary Clinton because there were already haters out there because of her husband.

It sickens me that that the press can’t be even-handed in the coverage this year but to each it’s own. I say this to Obama, you won South Carolina by a 2-1 margin. You are picking up many endorsements from astute colleagues and the least you can do is act like an adult instead of turning around your back. That’s so petty.

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