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Will Feinstein meme take off?
She was unambiguous today on This Week trying to promote her dream ticket. She said it loud and clear - Clinton won the popular vote.
There need to be some Obama surrogates or the campaign out there killing this one stone dead.
Wish I could remember where I saw the analysis demonstrating that she could only be estimated to have done so in one out of seven different ways of reaching the popular vote. Someone should also point out to Feinstein et al and the media that an estimated 990,000 of Clinton's votes from Texas on were absolutely spurious: Limbaugh's Operation Chaos.
They can't be allowed to get away with giving the public the perception that Clinton won the popular vote.
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I agree that the Obama surrogates need to gently correct this one -- here's one pretty thorough analysis of the popular vote.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html
They also have to be quicker to correct the McCain surrogates attacks that Obama is the "most liberal member of the Senate." His votes don''t support that accusation. It needs to be countered ASAP.
June 8, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not to worry. Hillary and her cohort are dead and awaiting burial. Let 'em rot.
June 9, 2008 12:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Anybody taken a gander at Feinstein's voting record? Who are her campaign contributors" Hmmm. Interesting. Seen some of her position papers? More interesting. If you don't live in her voting bloc, she won't accept your e mails either.
June 9, 2008 3:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
The popular-vote argument was a bogus one that, with little else to go on, the Clinton camp tried to make to the superdelegates.
With the nomination secured, it is totally irrelevant.
It is not going to influence Obama's VP choice in the slightest.
This is not a debate, where you score points for being right.
Just let it slide.
June 9, 2008 4:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, I've been hearing the "Clinton won the popular vote" argument parroted back not just on comment sections from AOL, CNN.com, and HuffPo, but from individuals I know in real life whom I consider well-read and well-educated.
We can't just expect the statement to correct itself. That doesn't mean we need to be snide or go on the attack. But a gentle, "I've heard that quite a bit, and was surprised to learn that the popular-vote count only works if..." statement would go a long way toward defusing it.
June 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
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