Comments on: Clinton Campaign is Off Balance

By: Big Dog

Big Dog — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:24:10 +0000

This is from Time:
“This is not the race that Clinton thought she would be running. Her campaign was built on inevitability, a haughty operation so confident it would have the nomination wrapped up by now that it didn’t even put a field organization in place for the states that were to come after the megaprimary on Feb. 5.”

Seems that they have the same opinion.

Obama has won some larger states but the Dems award the delegates proportionally so no matter what size the state everyone gets something.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:53:47 +0000

I think the reality is that most campaigns don’t last longer than Super Tuesday, and the Democrats actually though this season would be even shorter given the bigger Super Tuesday than ever before. Few people expected it to be like this before the start.

I would say Obama’s upper hand now is less about foresight and more about lack of choice. He had no choice but design his campaign to target smaller states because he couldn’t fight Clinton in the larger states. He energizes voters in caucuses and locks up the black vote.

After Super Tuesday he was perfectly positioned to take the lead because of the nature of the next few states and the demographics there. If Ohio and Texas were right after Super Tuesday we wouldn’t be having this conversation, but since there was a swath of smaller states with Obama’s base in them then everybody is criticizing Clinton’s campaign.

I don’t think there was some massive lack of planning. I just think that the way thing are turning out now are virtually out of their hands and not the work of some Obama magic.

I think she’s doing okay all things considered. She’s in a tight spot of course, but she just needs to keep doing what she has been doing when it comes to winning the bigger states and hope for the best. She’s still got decent leads in Ohio and Texas, and she’s close enough in Wisconsin to make it a fight.

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By: Always On Watch

Always On Watch — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:05:19 +0000

No doubt about it....Obama has run a more civil campaign than Hillary. I think that's one reason that many Dems have switched over to support him. Plus, Hillary is toxic and always has been. Always On Watch's last blog post..ALERT! BLOGGER TO BE ARRESTED! (Amended & Updated)