We cats have sensed for awhile now that African-American voters — and heck, this past Tuesday, most Democratic voters — have gotten a vibe from the White House that if we all want to protect President Obama's legacy, we need to vote for Hillary.
Well, now, there's apparently confirmation. The President is gently telling donors that the Democratic Party has reached a point at which it should coalesce behind its candidate — particularly given the clown-car show that's going on on the other side. The future of the country's at stake (or at least, America's ability to have an election without people getting beaten up — or maybe killed — at rallies).
We cats are unsurprised. Yes, we understand the roots of Senator Sanders's appeal, and why young people, especially, have been attracted to his message. But we also recall that back in 2008-2009, when the newly elected Barack Obama had to deal with a new, impending Great Depression, he realized that he needed to focus on that and, therefore, choose the closest person to a President possible to represent America to the world.
That person was Hillary Rodham Clinton, who stepped up and let the global community know that — to paraphrase Justin Trudeau — America was back.
The Obama Administration, which has never gotten enough credit for yanking the country back from the economic abyss, owes Secretary Clinton a great debt for that. And it makes perfect sense that she should be the strongest candidate to succeed him in the Oval Office.
So, Senator Sanders should pack it up. It doesn't mean that he won't have influence. Heck, it's amazing how influential he's going to be in Philadelphia this summer, and he's not even a Democrat. It just means that he needs to recognize that he's never going to catch Hillary in the delegate count, and that we all should work together to figure out how we're going to save America from Trumpageddon. That would make us cats PURR.
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