[Poser]

I got invited to 50 political events this season. Does that make me a plant?

This is BS conspiracy stuff. Hillary won because the independents voted for McCain. They believed the MSM that Obama was a shoe-in to win by double digits.

The independents always screw up the primaries here. Just take a look at the candidates that have won over the years. New Hampshire is not now, nor has it ever been a good indicator of what will happen in the rest of the primaries. It isn’t too bad as an indicator of the general election.

Henry Cabot Lodge won NH
Paul Tsongas won NH
Pat Buchanan won NH
Eugene McCarthy won NH on a write-in campaign
Estes Kefauver won NH
John McCain won NH (twice now)

[Verginius Rufus]

I think McCarthy lost in 1968—but did surprisingly well for a write-in, leading to Bobby Kennedy entering the race, and LBJ announcing he wouldn’t run for another term.

[RecallMoran]

I think that the point is that the Clinton machine didn’t have the bloggers examining them the first time around. From the plants to her turning up the lights on “the iron my shirt” guy driving a Hillary bumpersticker laden car, they are going to be caught in their staged events this time around. They are phoney and the MSM isn’t the only medium reporting their made-for-tv skits this time around.

For example, on this thread alone, we now know that the woman who asked the question appeared to be a Jimmy Carter minion. This kind of thing may matter to someone who otherwise would think that a random coffee house patron touched Hillary’s heart.

BTW, aren’t these coffee house-diner events supposed to look spontaneous? The candidate mixing with the people? If they are all set up with supporters ahead of time then they are no different from rallies at democrat headquarters.

[weegee]

I heard that it was a small group (like EIGHT) invited persons. Have your political invitations been covered by the national media and that exclusive an invite?