June 30th, 2009 | Posted in democrats, elections, politics
We have finally learned who the newest Senator for Minnesota will be…. Al Franken has been officially announced the winner of the highly disputed Senatorial race from this past November.
The state Supreme Court announced today that it was going to force Republican candidate Norm Coleman to concede the race to Franken. The decision to add Al Franken to the Senate is a big win for Democrats. Franken gives the Democrats 60 votes, which is enough to prevent any Republican attempt at delaying legislation, also known as a filibuster.
Definitely a major blow to the Republicans, and another major win for the Democrat party.
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May 15th, 2008 | Posted in George Bush, politics
It has been a long four months since John Edwards dropped out of the Democratic race, and since his departure both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been hoping to win his valuable endorsement, and the winner is… Barack Obama.
While Clinton is refusing to drop out of the Presidential race, it is pretty much a forgone conclusion that Obama is going to be the next Democratic candidate to take over the White House in this year’s elections. One of the repeating themes out of the Clinton camp has been that in a head to head battle with Republican candidate John McCain that Clinton has a much better chance of uniting the Democratic party behind her than does her counterpart Barack Obama. Obama is definitely hoping that the John Edwards’ endorsement will put those worries to rest.
In a speech yesterday Edwards put forth the following words regarding Obama:
“The Democratic voters in America have made their choice, and so have I” stating that “There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership. There is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change… and that man is Barack Obama.”
While the writing definitely appears to be on the wall, Clinton is not through fighting just yet. She is riding high off of a landslide victory in West Virginia this week, but with each day that passes it appears that Obama is going to be the man fighting to retake the White House from the Republican party and the rule of George Bush, who will without a doubt leave the position as one of the most unpopular Presidents to ever have enjoyed the position.
It should be an interesting few months heading into the next election, when the American people have to decide if they want to continue on the same path we have been on for the past 8 years under the Republican leadership, or if they want, as Obama has stated, “A different America”.
For me the answer is a simple one, but then again, I thought the same thing 4 years ago, so who knows what the American people will decide this time around, but for now it looks like Obama is going to be champion for the Democratic party this time around. Whether or not he will be able to lead the Democrats back into the White House remains to be seen.
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