The replacement of Ms. Doyle was in part a signal to donors and other supporters that the campaign was regrouping and was poised to right itself, even as Mrs. Clinton faces uncertain prospects Tuesday in contests in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
I think this is it....her financial supporters are not happy with her progress. Corporate sponsors are rather unemotional about these things......you do well, you get money; you don't and its "Adios, amiga".
The shake-up came as Mrs. Clinton’s sliver of hope for February, in Maine, disappeared. She had been hopeful because Maine’s demographics, blue-collar voters, who are older and make less than $50,000, fit the profile of voters who had supported her elsewhere.
But Maine is a caucus state, and Mr. Obama has won almost all caucuses, which depend on deep organization and a passionate following. With turnout high, despite heavy snow throughout the state, Mr. Obama won big, 18 points over Mrs. Clinton, and taking the majority of the 24 pledged delegates at stake.
One again, I saw no evidence that Obama won WA state because his campaign org. does better with caucuses. Why he may win is because his supporters, like me, are strongly motivated to participate. |
