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Not to get y'all off track, but I have an ignorant question: Why is the hispanic vote said to favor Hillary? Just curious.
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People forget that Obama had to win 10 in a row to just pull slightly ahead of Clinton. The race is far from over.
People forget that Obama had to win 10 in a row to just pull slightly ahead of Clinton. The race is far from over.
There's a lot of fear out there on the right.
And they've got nothing to run on in the fall except more of it: fear of terror, fear of Iran, fear of higher taxes (despite the fact that we're practically a tax haven, and the net effect on most Americans would be minimal), fear that somebody will take away your RPG launcher, fear of immigrants, fear, fear, fear.
Obama is refusing to battle on their well-chosen terms, and it scares the hell out of the operatives.
Actually I don't think he has ever really trailed her in pledged delegates and if so not by much or for long. This is only even close because of the Super Delegates which can still switch and will probably overwhelmingly support the pledged delegate winner.
Not to get y'all off track, but I have an ignorant question: Why is the hispanic vote said to favor Hillary? Just curious.
There was a news segment on this a couple weeks ago. It sounds like it's purely racial between Hispanics and blacks. Especially older hispanics. I'll see if I can dig up the news segment or article.
I would find it hard to believe that Hillary could win by double digits because of Republican turnout, but it definitely worries me.
All I would have to say to Republicans who have/might vote for Hillary because they want her to face McCain is: be careful what you wish for. I don't think either candidate will have trouble beating McCain, and then the Republicans will get to sit through what would likely be eight years of President Hillary.
That being said, I don't think Hillary can win the nomination, but President McCain isn't likely to happen either way.
A) Republicans think McCain has a better shot against Hillary
B) Even if McCain can't beat her, Hillary is a known commodity. Republicans know she can be bought, wined, dined, etc., making her little different from a Republican candidate. Little is known about Obama, and that makes him scary to the powers that be. That might be good for the country. It might now. But we fear what we don't understand.
Even if McCain can't beat her, Hillary is a known commodity. Republicans know she can be bought, wined, dined, etc., making her little different from every politician in Washington.
I fall into the camp that believes Obama is easier beat by the Republican nominee. If Hillary gets the nod she gets to leverage Bill who had the highest approval rating of any President in the history of capturing these ratings (one point higher than Reagan if I recall correctly). Plus the Clintons have experience campaigning and beating the Republicans while Obama does not (unless of course you count "replacement candidate" Alan Keyes 86 day Illinois Senatorial bid).
I don't understand the strategy of voting for Hillary unless it's to prolong the campaign and keep the pressure on the Dems and the DNC--which will make the Dem Convention much more interesting.