Downside of Obama Strategy »
Posted By zaph22 1 year, 8 months ago in NewsObama's losses Tuesday in Texas and Ohio - coupled with his defeats in California, New York and New Jersey - have shown the strategy's downside. They have given Clinton supporters an opening for an argument that winning over affluent, educated white voters in small Democratic enclaves, such as Boise, Idaho, and running up the score with ...
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stephen-johnson1 year, 8 months ago
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From the article:
""A lot of the states he's winning are states that we're not going to win in November," said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), a Clinton supporter. "It's not a strategy that bodes well, in my opinion."
A Clinton campaign memo on Wednesday noted that of the 11 core Republican states that have held primaries or caucuses, Obama has won 10: Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. In 2004, Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), the Democratic nominee, lost each of these states by 15 points or more."
If Obama loses Pennsylvania by a margin like he lost Ohio, especially among key Democratic demographic groups, it would bolster the Clinton argument.
It should be an interesting convention.
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nostalgia1 year, 8 months ago
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I agree that it going to be a very interesting convention
Neither will have enough delegates to win. It will come down to the Superdelegates
This was interesting from the article:
"Superdelegates are politicians. They will not buck the will of the voters," said a superdelegate supporting Obama. "The danger point comes if the superdelegates don't see a vote for Clinton as bucking anyone."
That may be wishful thinking. Kerry and Ted Kennedy are doing just that. They support Obama but Massachusetts went to Clinton
Some of the Black superdelegates that support Clinton have been coming under intense pressure from the Obama camp
African-American superdelegates said Thursday that they'll stand up against threats, intimidation and "Uncle Tom" smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama.
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