World Affairs Brief, February 15, 2008. Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World.

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US KINGMAKERS GET THEIR WAY NO MATTER WHICH PARTY WINS

While Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul fight on in the race for the Republican nomination, media manipulation has done its job in behalf of John McCain, and it’s McCain who will be the Republican standard bearer. In my opinion, forcing John McCain upon the Republicans greatly diminishes the chance of a Republican victory in November. On the Democratic side, Barak Obama continues to rack up victory after victory over Hillary Clinton-to the relief of millions of Americans who dislike Clinton. However, despite this appearance of victory for Obama, the Democratic race is very much unsettled. Even if Obama wins all the remaining primaries, he still ends up only barely ahead of Hillary in delegate counts–owing to the proportional allocation system. Obama is “winning” delegates in each primary, but so is Hillary. That is why the ultimate decision will be in the hands of the Democratic Party “heavies” –those state and national party leaders that control some 400 “super-delegate” votes. A large portion of these leaders are very much part of the insider control system that manipulates each election. This week I’ll discuss the potential consequences of a McCain-Obama contest as opposed to a McCain-Clinton race.