Help Him Obi-Bubba, You’re His Only Hope

By Kleinheider Posted on September 8, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues that Barack Obama is in desperate need of help from Bill Clinton:

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did the smart thing when he eagerly grabbed at Bill Clinton’s invitation to have lunch with him. Now he should do the even smarter thing and implore him on bended knees if necessary to stump for him. Despite poll numbers that show Clinton’s popularity is down with Democrats, and that he is damaged goods with party regulars and the media, Clinton is still hugely popular with a wide segment of the voters who Obama needs to win the White House. They are white male, centrist to conservative independents. They make up a substantial number of voters in the South and the Heartland states. With Republican rival John McCain’s resurgence in the polls and on the campaign trail, and the X Factor of his VP Pick Sarah Palin to contend with, Obama is now in even bigger trouble with these voters.

The brutal truth is that Obama can’t win without them.

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