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Sticky and Stickin'
Josh has a valid point about the HRC group hanging in there - fighting to the last bullet, "Remember the Alamo" and all.
The issue is that the big, fat cat funders of the campaign aren't really into all the rhetoric and fluff that many of us obsess over. Most of them are pragmatic money = power folks who aren't going to be impressed with the talk. It will go a little way towards holding them, but a lot of the big money will simply go away, the phone calls simply will not be returned. BHO will get the money for the long , likely nasty race against "The Straight BS Express" and all the surrogates.
Another factor, which the money people are considering, and the MSM and blogoshpere aren't focussed on is the huge negative approval of HRC. It is simply that she is almost unelectable at this point, and the money people, the power people know that.
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You might consider your own myopia and look big picture before looking at others' focusing problems. Although things may change in the future, I would say you need to see reality "at this point":
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/
They're both stastically equal losers "at this point." There's no there there in your picture or one being more "unelectable" than the other. Currently, it's myth.
March 31, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
HRC has had serious problems with her image for a long time. She is one of the most polarizing people in politics today.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E1DE103AF934A1575AC0A9669C8B63
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/obama-scoffs-th.html
These show that her disapproval rating is a serious handicap.
She is already having money problems - the money people read the news too. HRC's campaign will simply not have the money necessary to continue. It isn't "my myopia" that dries up her money supply - it is her actions and campaign.
March 31, 2008 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
My guess is that she will go out "with a whimper, not a bang" simply because she runs out of money.
March 31, 2008 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
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