Non-Event In South Carolina; Real News Behind The Scenes
1 comment April 27th, 2007
The dull, symbiotic chorus described as the Democratic candidates debate that occurred the other day in South Carolina will be forgotten by the world 6 months from now. Partisans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will each claim that their respective candidate performed brilliantly. However, of all the candidates present, Hillary Clinton is the one most attuned to the real stuff that wins elections, and it is all happening largely unseen by the American public, while the media continues to be obsessed with non-news such as a pedantic debate.
On the same day that South Carolina got its 15 minutes of Warhohlesque fame, it was revealed that the Chief Executive of investment and banking giant Morgan Stanley, John Mack, would be endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. This is significant in a number of important ways for the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.
In the first place, John Mack is a registered Republican, who raised a lot of money for George W. Bush in his presidential campaigns.The fact that he is defecting to Hillary Clinton means that smart, savvy big-money moguls believe that the Republicans will be thrown out of the White House in 2008, and Hillary Clinton will be elected America’s 44th president. Acccordingly, they want to line up early in support of the Clinton political machine, so as to ensure that they will have easy access to a Hillary White House.
Secondly, as this blog has pointed out before, Hillary Clinton has been quietly collecting important political endorsements, while the media has been distracted by Obama-mania. The Mack endorsement means that big Wall street money is now beginning to line up with Senator Clinton, ensuring that her fundraising will continue to grow.
A final factor is that when the CEO of a major investment firm endorses a candidate for president, that decision is as strategic and busineslike as any other deliberation they undertake. Mack’s endrosment of Hillary Clinton makes clear that big money is not fooled by the superficial hype over Obama. However, expect the media to take a long time to catch up with reality, while the Clintons continue to execute their well-conceived plan to retake the White House for their unique style of government.
