BOGGED DOWN IN DENIAL!

There is a big problem related to Hillary Clinton’s attitude toward Barack Obama’s clinching the democratic nomination last night. Observers of the political spectrum have come up with important questions about why Hillary did not recognize Black Obama’s victory on the night he acquired the number of delegates to win the nomination. What is Hillary Clinton really thinking, knowing beforehand the fight was over a long time ago?

In the different scenarii offered by political strategists and commentators, some think that “Hillary will take a few days to bring her campaign to a smooth landing after a long nasty ride.” Others have analyzed Hillary’s attitude as a means to leveraging Obama for a vice presidential spot toward the upcoming elections, which will still allow her to make history as the first female vice-president of this country.

Yet, viewed in another angle, I would say, referring to Tim Wise, that Hillary’s denial of what is obvious is inherent to White privilege. In fact, this campaign was thought to be very short and easy for Hilary Clinton and his Staff in the sense that they never imagine that this nation was ready to embrace a black candidate to be the nominee of the Democratic Party. The seeds of Hilary’s demise were spread in the different caucuses around the nation. His campaign really minimized Obama until Super Tuesday, where his landslide victory appeared as a red signal to the Hillary Camp. The denial continued with the idea of the “superdelegates” having to choose the nominee to the expense of the popular vote because they will never choose a black guy as the nominee. Yet, everyday, superdelegates were rallying the Obama camp giving him later a considerable lead in the last days of the campaign.
Hilary’s denial grew to the extent to which assination was a possibility as she made allusion to the assassination of RFK. Here I’m not saying that Hillary is talking about the probable assassination of Obama, but for the sake of the argument it does strengthen Hillary’s state of Denial.

And came the last day of the primary when the whole country was expecting her to be condescending and get away with it by not only acknowledging her opponent’s victory but by supporting him for the upcoming electoral battle. Yet, one can also think that gender issues might be at the core of her attitude as she still wants to be perceived as a strong woman that the Obama camp has to court for support.