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To: Dale Baker who wrote (52655)	3/9/2008 3:05:18 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) of 543106

My question is why you think a bigger win of the popular vote translates into a greater ability to get things done in Washinton? Maybe if there was some order of magnitude like a 75% win with significant numers of red states coming into the fold....maybe, but you still have the compostion of Congress to deal with, at least until the mid-term elections. I think you envision some kind of fast, magical turnaround if, say, Obama wins with 55-56% of the popular vote. I see simply the begining, no matter who wins, of a long, hard fight to get things started in a different direction. More seats in Congress, with the overhanging threat to the Rs that they face increasing losses, will be neccesary. Sixteen years is what Dems will need. So I'm really liking a Clinton/Obama ticket with Obama being groomed as successor. This makes more sense to me all the time.

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