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To: Dale Baker who wrote (55895)	3/24/2008 7:22:05 PM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 543437

From the Washington Post "The Fix" column today: "The electability argument as a broad campaign message has been almost entirely ineffective for Clinton to date -- if exit polling is to be believed. In none of the 27 states for which The Washington Post purchased exit polls did more than 12 percent of those sampled cite electability as the key characteristic in making up their mind about a candidate. And even among those who said electability was the most important issue, Obama won those voters at least as often as Clinton did. In Ohio, for example, six percent of voters said electability was the key attribute they were looking for in picking a candidate, but Obama took that bloc by 51 percent to 47 percent even as Clinton won a clear victory statewide. Similarly, in Massachusetts, another state won by Clinton, ten percent of voters said electability was crucial to their decision, and Obama carried that group by twelve points."

To: Dale Baker who wrote (55895)	3/24/2008 7:50:30 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 543437

I still have and always had respect for Reagan, Bush and Bush. I have been disappointed recently with President Bush, but mostly on the Global Warming issue. I also feel statements like we must get off our dependence on foreign oil jimmy carter defeatist speak. American will as always have to compete for resources and oil is another resource. If reasonable cost effective alternatives are available fine, but else start going everywhere one can to find more oil. And do whatever to make American industry more efficient. Burn coal and build nuke plants. It seems the current political selection process cannot produce good men up to the task of rational leadership and the public gets back in kind what it puts in.