You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
- 05.06.2008 - 7:39 PMThe fact that Barack Obama apparently won North Carolina so easily — the race was called the minute the polls closed — ensures that Hillary Clinton will come under the most withering personal assault of her career should she fail to drop out of the race tomorrow. It will be far worse than the Republican “attack machine” because it is going to come from her fellow party members, her peers, and even a great many of her supposed friends. This is the kind of heat she has never had to feel. Ever. She may be tough enough to withstand it, but in what way could she possibly benefit from doing so?
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May 6th, 2008 at 7:45 PM
One factor in Clinton’s favor is the demographic split revealed in these primaries. Hillary will almost certainly win in West Virginia and Kentucky by huge margins, and probably Puerto Rico as well. She can then press the issue behind the scenes with the supers. It will be an uphill climb, but no Democrat can hope to win the general with only 40% of the white vote.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:24 PM
So does this mean the next chapter of Obama vetting, i.e. Weathermen love, will be put off until the fall?
May 6th, 2008 at 8:30 PM
How could Senator Clinton fail to benefit from the vicious media and party bias that is sure to be directed at her? Most Americans are still moderate, and will be repulsed by what they see.