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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TideGlider who wrote (26421)	4/21/2008 6:18:09 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224749

Analysis:Dems stumble toward summer, GOP cries for more 4/21/2008, DAVID ESPO The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If the long-running Democratic presidential race were a play, Republicans would be clamoring for even more after the six-week intermission now giving way to the Pennsylvania primary. Little more than a month ago, few voters knew of Barack Obama's controversial pastor or Hillary Rodham Clinton's make-believe story about sniper fire in Bosnia. Obama hadn't ruminated to his own detriment about bitterness in small-town America. And Clinton hadn't felt it necessary to rearrange her staff after her top strategist supported a Colombian free trade pact she opposes. Obama hadn't bowled. Nor the former first lady gamely knocked back a shot of Crown Royal, then picked up a beer mug. All this — and more — has occurred since the most recent Democratic primaries, Clinton's late-winter wins in Texas and Ohio on March 4 and Obama's victory in Mississippi a week later. "We're going on, we're going strong and we're going all the way," Clinton had said as she breathed new energy into her candidacy. The six-week break gave Obama time to go to the beach with his family and Clinton the opportunity to regroup after breaking an 11-state losing streak. And it presented Republican John McCain with a chance to improve his standing in general election polls. Obama led McCain 51-41 in a hypothetical matchup in late February, but was tied, 45-45 last week, according to polls by The Associated Press and Ipsos. What had been a 48-43 lead for Clinton was whittled to 48-45. "Obviously, the fact that our contest is still going on means that John McCain comes in here and he's feeling pretty good," Obama told newspaper publishers recently, a few hours after the Republican candidate had appeared before the same group.