Obama knocked Clinton off her game plan 2 years ago.
He announced early. She intended to wait until much later, to save resources.
His announcement forced her into the race last January 2007.
The upstart-Obama had the audicity to continue to challenge her! How dare he???!!!??? Didn’t he read the memo that she was the presumptive inevitable????
Instead of withdrawing, Obama continued to challenge. A few early wins put him close to even with her. She won a couple. Obama bounced back, took the lead, and has maintained it for 11 primaries.
Clinton expected no serious Democratic challenge 2 years ago. Even then she perceived Obama as an exuberent young politician who was jumping in to ‘the big one’ way too early in his career. He surprised her. He got on a roll and picked up steam, as she lost steam.
Obama knocked Clinton off her game plan, and she never fully recovered. She never could find a way to actually combat him. Ole BJ-the-first-black-president ended up hurting, more than helping, her.
agreed. The early entrance into the race doomed Hillary.