After basking in the glow of my candidate's victory last night, watching all the speeches and reactions to the speeches in the mainstream media, my mind turned to our friends on the other side of the primary right now. How are they handling last night's events? Now that the long bloody battle is finally over, what are their thoughts on how to go forward? A check of MyDD made me feel really good about the prospect of party unity for the first time.
As of right now, out of the five rec'd diaries on MyDD, four of them are positive signs of this unity. They are:
Barack Obama for President
Clinton Supporters: How Can We Not Support Obama Now?
Congratulations, From a Clinton Supporter
And Still She Shines - Just Like Polished Gold
Congratulations, Sen Obama
Let me share with you a few of the comments in these diaries:
Yes, another pragmatic Dem! (2.00 / 8)
This is going to be a very, very, very, very ugly and emotional national GE campaign. And, I predict it's going to get very ugly virtually overnight, too. Not, initially, due to anything coming from the Obama campaign, either. (But, I'm sure he'll fight fire with fire. In fact, I'm counting on it.)
What's past is prologue and--contrry to the comments of many even here--a day at the beach compared to what's ahead.
The younger folks got him through the Primary. It's going to take some of us older and wiser, diehard Dems to help Obama get through the GE (with the younger Dems right there, too, of course)!
There's just too much at stake to sit back this year!
Nice diary, beltway dem. You can sense (2.00 / 1)
the party coming together as we speak. For the first time I really listened to an Obama speech, hanging on every word. I thought it was fantastic. His delivery has really evolved, and the passion was just dripping all over the place. I am sold. If I were McCane, I would go hide somewhere...
Thanks Bob (2.00 / 6)
Family fights can get ugly but both sides have nothing to gain by not reconciling.
At the end of the day, I think we're all going to realize we're on the same team.
I apologize if any of my remarks during the primary battle caused anyone discomfort.
Hear! Hear! (2.00 / 6)
Phanton mojo and rec for this!
Regardless of the [perceived] ick from both sides of the Democratic primary, we have to remember who and what is worse than it all: McCain and a third Bush term.
There's many more gracious comments in the diaries, if you'd like to click on the links above and look.
This wasn't a comment, but the text of the Clinton Supporters: How Can We Not Support Obama Now? diary above, and I thought I'd include it here...
Senator Obama has passed the necessary threshold to win the title of (presumptive) Democratic nominee tonight. So, for the record, the guy just won my vote and support tonight, too.
Congratulations and a shout out to all of Obama's supporters and to the Senator from Illinois, himself. Let's move forward with the task at hand; let's work together and seek unity to kick some Rethug and Neocon ass in the Fall. It's time! In fact, it's urgent and way overdue.
I ask all the Clinton supporters reading this: How can you have any questions about what you're going to do now? Are you kidding me? Are you "insane?" Ask yourself these questions:
Do you want four more years of alienation and disrespect from almost every other country on the planet?
Do you want four more years in Iraq?
Do you want four more years of out-of-control healthcare costs, with more than 40 million Americans uninsured?
Do you want four more years with the U.S. being somewhere around the 30th best country on the planet when it comes to infant mortality?
Do you want four more years of challenges to Roe v. Wade?
Do you want four more years of Republican control over our Supreme Court appointees?
Do you want four more years of a Judicial Branch that's more interested in political thuggery than real justice?
Do you want four more years of virtually nonexistent gun control?
Do you want four more years of irreversible depletion of our ozone layer?
Do you want four more years of lip service--and nothing else--for substantive federal support of alternative energy initiatives?
Do you want four more years of obscene oil industry profits?
Do you want four more years of a financial services sector devoid of regulatory enforcement?
Do you want four more years of welfare for the rich?
Do you want four more years of the rich getting richer while everybody else struggles to pay the mortgage, to pay the rent and to put food on their table (if they are even able to do that now)?
My vote for the campaign slogan for the rest of the year? Paraphrasing a quote from Albert Einstein--the greatest thinker in many generations--who said it best:
"The definition of insanity: repeating the same action and expecting a different result."
If you're reading this diary, I have to ask you: Do you want four more years with a Republican in the White House? Are you insane? According to Albert Einstein, the answer is: "Yes!" Yes, you are!
I'm glad we're starting to realize, as early as the morning after the primaries were over, that we all need each other, and the differences we spent months fighting over are nothing compared to the differences we have with John McCain. More than anything else this morning, seeing this kind of party unity has me fired up and ready to go for November!
Let's give a hand to all of our brothers and sisters at MyDD who fought for Clinton tooth and nail this long primary season. Your magnamity is humbling, and I can't wait to stand side by side with you in the battles ahead.