Senator Clinton Decides to Step Aside

Today, after increasing pressure from the Democratic party it seems that Hillary Clinton's campaign will come to an end, and that she will endorse Senator Obama in an effort to help unite the sharply divided party. Her official announcement will come this upcoming Saturday. Many of her strongest supporters are now attempting to lobby for Senator Clinton to become the Vice Presidential candidate on the ticket. Robert Johnson, founder of BET, has written a letter urging the Congressional Black Caucus to promote the idea of Hillary Clinton as the Vice President, in the hopes that a joint Obama - Clinton ticket would be unstoppable come November. While this may be true, you can be assured that if Clinton becomes the Vice Presidential nominee, the Republican Party will surely revamp her attacks against Obama made during the primary campaigning to once again try to divide sentiment in the party. Also, his concession of the vice presidential slot to Senator Clinton, would in many ways destroy his well maintained image of not bending to special interests and contributions. In the next week we can expect Senator Clinton to bow out of the race with a shining endorsement of Barack Obama. Obama in the meantime will be traveling to Virginia to start his general election campaign in what he sees as a potential battleground in November. Obama and his campaign have made clear that they are not in a hurry to announce a running mate, and thus you can expect them to wait for some of the intra-party division and animosity to die down before making a decision.

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