Robert Reich for Obama
The Obama campaign just announced that Robert Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, is endorsing Barack Obama.
Here's part of what Reich wrote (where else?) on his blog:
I believe that Barack Obama should be elected President of the United States.
Although Hillary Clinton has offered solid and sensible policy proposals, Obama's strike me as even more so. His plans for reforming Social Security and health care have a better chance of succeeding. His approaches to the housing crisis and the failures of our financial markets are sounder than hers. His ideas for improving our public schools and confronting the problems of poverty and inequality are more coherent and compelling. He has put forward the more enlightened foreign policy and the more thoughtful plan for controlling global warming.
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Robert Reich may be short in stature but he's tall in wisdom and knowledge. I've always admired him as this guy is not only smart but witty and charming.
The ongoing Obama endorsements from Democratic heavyweights sure doesn't look good for Hillary. Hillary is extremely intelligent, and I hope at some future point she puts her party's best interests ahead of her own best interests.
One of the Clintons' best interests has been making money and lots of it. From a monetary standpoint, I think the Clintons' future income may be rather paltry compared to their jackpot earnings the past eight-years. Surely Bill Clinton's future speaking fees will not have quite so many zeros, since he's made some major political blunders.
I think both of the Clintons' may be bitter and resentful concerning their fall from grace, and they may be willing to take the party down with them. I hope not.
I've always personally liked the Clintons, but sometimes you don't get everything in life you desire. To be blinded by your own political ambition, ignoring the political realities, would be a huge mistake.