Choosing Clinton would have been the best strategy but how often do the Dems do what's best for them? Until the affair became news I figured Obama would pick Edwards but after that news broke I had no idea except it wouldn't be Clinton.
John Thornton P.S. You used Mark Penn well as Fred Barnes full names but only Hillary Clinton's first name. You're a woman hater aren't you?
shag wrote:
> aren't you just seeing the typical bounce? and if not, after a
> long-term trend line that points at the opposite? what do you think
> accounts for it? i finally paid attention to some news, and to me it
> seems like the ssdd: the republican spin machine has cut loose,
> flinging poo like red assed monkeys at the zoo. as long as it sticks,
> it'll work.
>
> and then they take advantage of obama's less than stellar performance,
> showing him looking as boyish and youthful as possible.
>
> i did think the fred barnes piece linked to underneath the graph was
> interesting and wondering if it's true. according to the piece, Mark
> Penn claimed that 25% of Republican women would cross party lines to
> vote for Hillary. If that was even half true, then boy-o, did the
> obama campaign make a bone-headed mistake.
>
> http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/545moqlh.asp
>
>
> At 02:37 PM 9/11/2008, Julio Huato wrote:
>> I just looked at the latest polls
>> (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html).
>>
>>
>> I hope I'm wrong, but it doesn't look good for Obama. The opposition
>> to Obama (from left and right) is highly likely to prevail. That'd be
>> too bad for most people in the world.
>>
>> We (and I mean we regular people, left, progressives, liberals,
>> whoever cares, especially those in PA, OH, MI, IN, FL, MO, NC, ND, MT)
>> have only a few weeks to turn things around.
>
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> Wear Clean Draws
> ('coz there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO)
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