IX: Obama’s Triumph of the Will: The 2008 Primaries 367who had won the popular vote in 2008. Instead, he was likely to choose a Republican – a
Bloomberg, a Hagel, or a Lugar, putting a Republican just a heartbeat away from the presidency.
SLIPPERY, FLIP-FLOPPING WARMONGER
OBAMA NOT A VIABLE CANDIDATE
If Obama imitated McCain on so many issues, the November election would come down to a
choice between two individuals, and a shifty, slippery, flip-flopping Obama will not fare well
against the war hero McCain and his carefully cultivated reputation as a straight shooter. McCain
would point out that voters cannot trust the flip-flopper Obama, and on that McCain would be right.
Fortunately, Obama has tipped his hand and dropped the mask too soon: there was no Democratic
nominee until the Roll Call of the States on August 27, 2008 in Denver.
PUMA DEMOCRATS MOBILIZE AGAINST OBAMA
During June 2008, the Democratic Party split. There emerged a coherent movement of
opposition to Obama and to the postmodern fascism he represented. These were the PUMA
Democrats, who first emerged on May 31 when Soros’ man Howard Dean had cut the Florida and
Michigan delegations in half on the basis of his Wall Street doubletalk. PUMAs were suddenly all
over cable television threatening to vote for McCain, but it was clear that what they really wanted
was to prod Senator Clinton to come back into the race. They said they were not calling for some
futile and self-defeating gesture, but rather pointing to the path that lead to victory in November.
The preconditions for a Clinton resurgence were an open convention not subject to the totalitarian
control of discredited and hated figures like Dean, Brazile, and the other machine bosses and hacks.
Then, there had to be the chance to vote through a formal Roll Call of the States, the centerpiece of
every American convention since time immemorial. But Dean and Brazile were already attempting
to cancel the Roll Call of the States, and orchestrate a convention of mindless Obama hoopla,
preventing even platform debate. Obama was demanding that he give his acceptance speech in the
Denver ball park, and was trying to schedule a speech before the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on his
upcoming trip to Germany so he could posture as the new Kennedy.
175 PATRIOTS COULD STOP OBAMA ON THE FIRST BALLOT
IN AN OPEN CONVENTION
At this point, the fate of the United States appeared to depend on a minimum of 175 delegates to
the Denver convention willing to exercise their mature political judgment in the service of their
country, and turn away from Obama to support Senator Clinton. By most accounts, Obama had
about 2229.5 delegate votes, with 1766.5 pledged delegates and 463 superdelegates. Clinton had
1896.5 delegate votes, with 1639.5 pledged and 257 super delegates. Shift just 350 delegates from
Obama to Clinton, and Obama’s power grab would grind to a halt. After that, there would be the
opportunity to deliberate and choose a competent candidate. Lexington and Concord were started by
a few dozen farmers. Did the Democratic Party still have 175 patriots with the courage to take a
stand? By July 2008, the PUMAs held the key to the situation.
New motivation for these efforts came from the polls, which suggested at the end of July 2008
that Obama remained a likely loser for the Democrats in a contested election against McCain. A
USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters showed McCain now ahead 49%-45%. Adam Nagourney of
the New York Times posed the question of “Where’s the Bounce” for Obama: ‘It is a question that