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To: Dale Baker who wrote (60983)	4/23/2008 11:11:14 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542125

Talk about someone who "can't close the deal" after starting out as the sole superpower in the party and the race. YES! I kept yelling that same thing at the tv last night every time she or a talking head used the phrase. Excuse me??? Who exactly is behind? Who lost huge leads to a newbie? Who couldn't close what deal??

To: Dale Baker who wrote (60983)	4/23/2008 12:29:10 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 542125

You're observations are well taken. I think the flow of the campaign is pretty easy to analyze. Obama quickly became a romantic IDEA and a passionate movement developed. She quickly became a tired old workhorse. It was much more fun and emotionally satisfying to get pulled into the excitement of Obama. The press went along, of course. Maybe she didn't prepare for the caucuses, we'll find out the truth of that later. But the very structure of a caucus makes it easy for the excited followers of Obama to overwhelm those stolid supporters of the workhorse, Hillary. So he wins by wide margins and picks up lot of delegates. Obama jumped way ahead in the popular vote by winning IL with 650,000 votes. This is never pointed out. And it doesn't matter....except that it's one more plank in what is actually a rather rickety structure that represents his base. His popular vote lead is or was the margin of his lead in IL, so one state put him several noses ahead in this horse race. She didn't do the same in her state of NY because blacks went overwhelmingly for Obama. And then you have the votes of two big states not being counted. So here's why she didn't close the deal on SuperTuesday and why she's behind now, as I see it. However,I don't see any of this as relevant to an HRC presidency at all....in fact, quite the opposite. I see her as the little engine that could. She keeps chugging up that hill with no charisma, no press, and no money and is gaining some traction. Early on I said I liked her scrappiness and perseverance and thought these were things desirable in a POTUS. A lot of, probably all, important legislation gets passed and implemented by sheer force of will and tenacity.