It’s been called the “kitchen sink strategy.” That is the name Hillary Clinton’s team have given to the strategy of “throwing everything but the kitchen sink” at Senator Barack Obama in an attempt to make his candidacy less palatable to the American public.
So far though, the “kitchen sink” hasn’t done any significant damage to the junior senator from Illinois. In fact, the latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll finds that Senator Obama is continuing to make gains against the Clinton campaign in Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina.
The poll found that Clinton’s double-digit lead over Obama in Pennsylvania has all but vanished. She is now leading by just five points in Pennsylvania, and Obama has taken a sizable lead in neighboring Indiana, another critical primary state.
Voters in both Pennsylvania and Indiana have expressed disappointment and even outrage over the negative tone the Democratic presidential race has taken in the past month. And it would appear that most voters in these critical states find Hillary Clinton to be the more negative of the two candidates, and the quickest to criticize her opponent.
So it would appear that simply throwing anything and everything at Senator Obama in an attempt to diminish his popularity hasn’t actually been effective, and in fact, in Pennsylvania at least, it appears that this strategy has backfired and actually increased Senator Obama’s popularity in the Keystone State.
As the race continues, it begins to look less and less likely that Senator Clinton will be able to clinch the Democratic nomination for president. When all is said and done, the Democratic primary race is all about numbers — who can garner the most delegates and super-delegates. With Barrack Obama now firmly in the lead, it is beginning to look inevitable that he will be the Democratic nominee for president.
With the numbers stacked so firmly against Hillary Clinton, many Democratic Party “bigwigs” are beginning to call for her to drop out of the race for the good of the party. While some senators and congressmen have dared to say so publicly, there are rumors that many others are encouraging Clinton to drop out in private.
Meanwhile, the Republican presumptive nominee, John McCain, is touring the country and raising money for the upcoming general primary. The bitterly disputed contest between Clinton and Obama has actually encouraged the Republican Party, and some Republican insiders are hoping the struggle continues right up through the summer. Republicans see the negative tone of the Democratic primary as effectively “tearing the Democratic party apart.”
If Senator Clinton fails to win the Pennsylvania primary — coming up next Tuesday– by a substantial margin, there will be an enormous amount of pressure for her to drop out of the presidential race. Many concerned Democrats are hoping she will do just that.
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