Obama endorsed by McGovern
Depressing to see the Democrats take collective leave of their senses.
We now have George McGovern endorsing Obama, which would be a bit like Michael Foot anointing a Labour candidate with the words “trust me, I know a winner when I see one.”
Looking at the list of states Obama has won in the primaries it reads like a roll call of places that are either safely Democrat or totally unwinnable - if he gets the nomination it would be the equivalent to Labour picking a leader who was popular amongst the 10% of Labour voters in Surrey, and in our safest seats, rather than their opponent who was a proven winner in say Harlow and Dartford.
Postscript: my colleague has just said this comparison does Michael Foot an injustice, as even he wasn’t as totally out of tune with the electorate as McGovern.
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