Posted on 08/11/2008 5:26:57 AM PDT by IrishMike
Could Senator Clinton win the Democratic presidential nomination at the last minute by taking advantage of buyer's remorse among Democratic super-delegates who are dismayed by the performance of Senator Obama's campaign so far?
Here's the scenario: Senator Obama has raised tens of millions more dollars than Senator McCain, which Democrats think should translate into an advantage in the polls. The economy is doing poorly, which Democrats think should translate into an advantage in the polls given that the Republicans control the White House and the incumbent party is often blamed for a bad economy.
The Republican nominee-in-waiting, Senator McCain, is old and is unpopular with his party's base because he has broken with conservatives on taxes, global warming, torture, and campaign speech limitations. The Democrats think that should translate into an advantage for them at the polls, too, even though their presumptive nominee is several kiloparsecs to the left of Mr. McCain.
The Republican incumbent in the White House, President Bush, is personally unpopular, blamed for the Iraq War (as Robert L. Bartley liked to say: "They'll forgive you for being wrong. What they won't forgive you for is being right"). Three of the top 15 books on the New York Times bestseller list are Bush-bashing tomes; one advocates that he be prosecuted for murder. The Democrats think that this, too, should translate into an advantage for them at the polls.
Despite all these factors, Mr. McCain is running roughly even in the polls with the presumptive Democratic nominee, Mr. Obama, a time when he is supposed to be way ahead. In early August of 1988, Governor Dukakis was ahead of Vice President Bush by a wide margin. In early August of 2004, Senator Kerry was ahead of President Bush.
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With HILLARY inside the Convention and “RECREATE ‘68” Outside, I can’t wait to see the CARNAGE!!
Wants a big demonstration at the Convention for her to set her marker down that she’s ready to take over the Party the nano-second after Barak loses.
“With HILLARY inside the Convention and “RECREATE ‘68” Outside, I can’t wait to see the CARNAGE!!”
....roger that!....we’re gonna have plenty of popcorn and Cokes laid in at our house....I wouldn’t be surprised if the TV ratings are the highest in years...I’m already nostalgic for the Clintons...nobody can generate Democrat chaos like they can.
** ... nobody can generate Democrat chaos like they can.”
I’m convinced ... They haven’t used all their DIRTY TRICKS, yet!!!
It was the black vote that stunned the Clintons. She was told that she was married to the "Ace"...It was a typo.
Yep. Whether she/Bill work behind the scenes to insure his defeat remains to be seen. But she's looking forward to 2012, which will only be possible with McCain in the WH.
Hillary lost because she was was not offering as much free loot to the democommie base.
So far the Obama help to the Clinton campaign debt amounts to $500,000. She can’t like that! Can she and Bill expect to make the kind of income they have been making with Obama as the head of the Democrat party? She may strike sooner than 2012.
“I’m convinced ... They haven’t used all their DIRTY TRICKS, yet!!!”
....I agree and I’m looking foreward to seeing what they’ve got up their sleeve....and BTW, Bill is acting pissed these days with reporters...he feels he got a raw deal from the blacks when they threw the race card at him....he’s probably plotting some payback.
“mr. mccain is rougly running even in the polls.”
the only meaningful poll is the election. (that is if the democrats can stay away from the voting machines and issuing paper ballots to phantoms.)
Agree 100%.
Why were Superdelegates even created
... the titled nobility of the party ...
if not to exercise mature, calming judgment
at odds with the passion and frenzy of those who aren’t them?
Assuming if they did that, Clinton would fare better than Obama?
That’s a stretch even for imbecile Democrats.
IMHO ...Yup!
It’s too late for the D’s to nominate Hillary. If Obama loses big enough, it may not only secure her nomination for next time, but permanently curtail the influence of the hard left in the party. Not only Hillary will be back, but the DLC as well.
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