{"id":254,"date":"2006-12-17T20:47:50","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T19:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=254"},"modified":"2010-02-11T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T09:59:54","slug":"hillzilla-vs-obambi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Hillzilla vs Obambi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/2006\/12\/run_obama_run.html\">a posting<\/a> about the excitement caused in the United States by the growing popularity of the black Senator Barack Obama and the interest in the possibility that he might challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic candidacy for the 2008 Presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/world\/story\/0,,1973765,00.html\">an article<\/a> in today&#8217;s &#8220;Observer&#8221; newspaper, reference is made to Maureen Dowd, a &#8220;New York Times&#8221; columnist, who has dubbed the possible battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as  &#8216;Hillzilla vs Obambi&#8217;, implying that the newcomer will be crushed by Clinton&#8217;s experience and money.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you believe it. There is a desperate desire in the USA for an exciting new face and right now Obama does not need money to win publicity. However, he has two major problems. First, his colour: he can&#8217;t change this and, while it is a problem for some voters, it is is an attraction to others. Second, his lack of experience: he should start to surround himself with known heavy-weight advisers who can lend authority to his career and (likely) campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/leaders\/story\/0,,1973977,00.html\">leader column<\/a> in today&#8217;s &#8220;Observer&#8221; concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Barack Obama&#8217;s career is in its infancy. The machinery of American politics has promoted but also promptly mangled many promising talents. But he might yet be the first great American political figure of the 21st century. Whether he wins or loses, or does not even run, it is good to have him around.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It sure is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, I did a posting about the excitement caused in the United States by the growing popularity of the black Senator Barack Obama and the interest in the possibility that he might challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic candidacy for the 2008 Presidential election. In an article in today&#8217;s &#8220;Observer&#8221; newspaper, reference is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}