I remember well 5.7 yrs ago when Queen Hillary was a "lock" for the Dem nom and a guy named Baraq from Kenya by way of Chicago snuck in and stole the kishka.
Baraq organized like a madman and a community organizer. Hillary ignored the caucus states, thinking she would have the thing wrapped up after a few primaries.
she followed the mark Penn strategy
“ Penn also pushed the “big states” strategy that essentially ceded smaller states and caucuses to Obama. Some say this enabled the huge victory margins that translated into what is now a nearly-insurmountable pledged delegate lead for Obama.
After Clinton didn’t do as well as she hoped on Super Tuesday — a date when staffers had long predicted she would virtually wrap up the nomination — campaign senior adviser Harold Ickes told the New York Observer that Penn’s claim that he did not bear responsibility for her performance didn’t hold water, and that the strategist was “the single most responsible person for this campaign” besides the candidate herself.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/07/clinton.campaign/