The White House

Sen. Barack Obama (D-N.Y.) put the nail in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) bid for the White House last night with a resounding victory in North Carolina and drew even with her in Indiana.

Sen. Clinton assured the superdelegates and hierarchy of the Democratic Party that she would win Indiana by at least 8 percentage points and lose North Carolina by no more that 5 percent. In return, the party and delegates assured her that if these were the results, they would consider overturning Florida and Michigan in their late-May meeting with the rules committee and add new blood to her campaign.

Now we’re told within hours Mrs. Clinton will again loan millions of dollars to her campaign, which is now in serious debt. She has lost the popular vote lead that was gained from her Pennsylvania victory.

Well, if you were listening to Clinton’s speech last night, it sounded as if she were finally conceding defeat in this long-drawn-out Democratic primary. The body language of her husband and daughter also signaled the end to a bruising campaign.

If Sen. Obama chooses Clinton as his running mate in November, could you say that it’s an unbeatable ticket? Is there anything that Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and the Republican machine can muster to avoid being steamrolled by the two hottest rock stars in American politics today?

We all know that substantive issues don’t win elections, but it’s the cultural issues that matter most. Would Obama/Clinton be too liberal for many states in this country and give McCain an added advantage in November? Will the millions of new voters registered during the campaign season by Democrats be the deciding factor on Election Day? Is the Clinton campaign right when they say another bombshell will drop about Sen. Obama in October that will lay to rest any bid that he has for the presidency? Am I dreaming that it’s quite possible the Republicans can maintain the White house for another eight years? Who would have thought so six months ago?

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