Brooke Bellah (Make-up Blogs)

Primaries:

Clinton apologizes for racial comments: Senator Hillary Clinton had to apologize to a group of mostly black newspaper publishers for what could have been viewed as racial comments made by one of her fundraisers about Sen. Obama. The fundraiser had said that Barack Obama would not have had the same success if he were white. Hillary Clinton immediately apologized when asked about the statement and said, "I certainly do repudiate it and I regret deeply that it was said. Obviously she doesn’t speak for the campaign, she doesn’t speak for any of my positions, and she has resigned from being a member of my very large finance committee.”
Clinton was also asked about a comment that her husband had made after Obama had won the primary in South Carolina--saying that Jesse Jackson had had the same victory. Hillary responded by saying, "I want to put that in context. You know I am sorry if anyone was offended. It was certainly not meant in any way to be offensive. We can be proud of both Jesse Jackson and Senator Obama.”

A Clinton-Obama ticket?: Many politcal speculators have been discussing the possibility of a Clinton-Obama, or Obama-Clinton ticket in the general election. When asked to comment, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi responded, "I think it’s impossible...Do you want me to go through a lifetime of political gut? Take it from me. That won’t be the ticket.” Earlier, Obama had made the comment that he doesn't intend to be anyone's vice President. If this were to happen, both campaigns would have to overcome some bad blood. Earlier, one of Obama's campaign workers called Hillary a "monster" and Clinton has also had to apologize for comments made by some of her campaign workers as well.

Opinion: The issue of race and/or gender was bound to come up in this election--Hillary Clinton being the first female President, and Obama being the first black President if either were to be elected. It is true that many people are voting for Obama because he is black, but there are aldo many people who would not vote for him for the same reason. I believe he is a very good speaker, and most of his success is contributed to that. While being black may have helped him a little in this race, he would probably still be having the same success if her were white. Hillary was right to apologize for those comments. If she hadn't, she would lose a lot of supporters and it would have probably killed her campaign. Her apology about being proud of both Jackson and Obama did seem to belittle them a little though. That sounds like something you would say about a child, not a politician.
A Clinton-Obama ticket will never happen. I don't believe either would concede to taking the job of Vice President, especially after such a close election. Also, there has been too much bad blood between the two in public and I'm sure behind-the-scenes as well. I agree with Pelosi-for once.