Hillary has been throwing everything she has at Obama over the past week hoping something would stick. She began with the canned "change you can xerox" line that bombed in the debate and elicited booing from the crowd. At the end of the debate, a different Hillary emerged and claimed to be "proud" to be on the stage with Barack Obama in a statement that was clearly well-rehearsed beforehand.
Soon after she feigned mock outrage over some flyers that the Obama campaign has been sending out. Not long after that she ridiculed Barack Obama and his supporters with her "celestial choirs" remark.
As if that wasn't enough, she launched another attack comparing Obama to George W Bush in the area of inexperience.
All of this is, of course, working splendidly for her as the latest CBS/New York Times national poll demonstrates:
Obama: 54%
Clinton: 38%
Hillary's campaign reminds me of the "Giuliani Effect" that we saw demonstrated earlier this year. Wherever Giuliani campaigned his poll numbers began to slide. It seemed the more he campaigned the more people disliked him. The same thing is happening to Hillary right now. Just look at this chart from pollster.com for graphic evidence of this trend in Texas:
If Obama gets enough time to campaign and organize in a state he can beat the pants off of Hillary just about every time. As a campaigner he runs circles around her, and the organization that he has put together is in a different league altogether. Running a presidential campaign is an extraordinarily complex and demanding task that requires significant executive leadership and management skills. In this area, Hillary has been found seriously wanting while Obama has hit the ball out of the park.
Tonight's debate should be entertaining. Which Hillary will we see tonight? Will it be the angry Hillary? Maybe the sarcastic Hillary? What about the compassionate and tearful Hillary?
I don't know. What I do know is that will be the last time any of us have to see her in a presidential debate for at least four years. It's none too soon.
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Well maybe. After all , Cl... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Glenn Koons | February 26, 2008 10:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well maybe. After all , Clinton is in this race because SHE DESERVES THE PRESIDENCY. It is shocking that this Messiah upstart is creaming her. Still, with conservatives, blogs falling all over themselves trying to be fair to the Messiah, we lose Hillary as the Dem candidate and get him who will probably cream the GOP up and down the ticket. Too many Pubs-conservs will get what they want: an end to the Clintons but they will get someone who is harder to beat and is every bit as scary.
1. Posted by Glenn Koons | February 26, 2008 10:11 PM |
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Posted on February 26, 2008 22:11
2. Posted by DoubleU | February 26, 2008 10:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If you follow the election markets (playing elections like the stock market) Hillary has been down for a while.
2. Posted by DoubleU | February 26, 2008 10:11 PM |
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Posted on February 26, 2008 22:11
3. Posted by ted | February 27, 2008 4:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
McCain-Palin '08
The obvious choice for McCain's VEEP. If she won't draw back in the conservative base, no one will.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would be, by far, the most attractive VP for McCain (literally and figuratively). That's probably the toughest ticket Obama could face.
See: palinforvp.blogspot.com/
3. Posted by ted | February 27, 2008 4:46 AM |
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Posted on February 27, 2008 04:46