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Get a grip.
February is a tough month for Clinton. I warned you that the calendar favored
Obama. He’s having a remarkable string of wins and deserves credit for it. But
how many large states has he won? Illinois. It’s not enough. We’re not going
to win South Carolina in November, nor Nebraska; but maybe Missouri, which Obama
won by a very narrow margin. Clinton has won New York, California, Massachusetts
against the entire Kennedy clan, plus quite a few very red states. Texas and
Ohio are coming up and that’s where she’s focused right now, doing satellite
interviews all day why many of you, let’s see how to put this… … whine.
Quit channeling Eugene Robinson. You’re falling into the trap they hope you
stay in, especially with the polling coming out today showing Obama ahead nationally.
Don’t trust polls.
If you listen to some Republicans, you’ll see that this Obamamania has got
them licking their chops. Pat Buchanan on “Morning Joe” made the point
of all points yesterday. Obama has made a huge mistake in this campaign. He
has not defined himself. That makes him incredibly vulnerable as a general election
candidate. Never mind I don’t see a national strategy for him to win. Again,
Idaho won’t do it, even as impressive as his rallies have been. He deserves
a lot of credit for the inspiration he’s delivering, but there is no beef. In
a general election, it simply will not be enough.
One Republican showed himself today, which I think is instructive to everyone.
Robert
Bluey voted for Obama. Bluey director of the Center for Media & Public
Policy at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
It’s partly for this reason that I decided to cast my vote
for Barack Obama today. Although national polls give Obama a small advantage
over John McCain in the general election, I firmly believe that McCain would
handily defeat the inexperienced Obama. Secondly, I fear what the Clinton
attack machine would do to McCain. Their ferocity would be worse
than George W. Bush’s ugly attacks in 2000. Anyone who reads this blog
regularly knows how much I dislike negative campaigning, and a Clinton-McCain
matchup would be just that.Because my vote for Obama will likely be ridiculed by many friends on the
right, I want to explain exactly why I chose to cross party lines to back
the Democrat senator from Illinois.1) Electability. According to Real Clear Politics, McCain would beat Clinton
by 1.2 percentage points. McCain, however, loses to Obama by 3.7 percentage
points using the same polling average. Despite what these polls indicate today,
I predict the numbers would flip once Democrats pick a nominee.As Clinton pollster Mark Penn told Chris Cillizza, “The Republican
attack machine redefines the Democratic candidate.” Fortunately (or
unfortunately) for Clinton, there’s nothing left to define. But in the
case of Obama, there are millions of Americans who know little about him or
his far-left views. His lack of experience makes him even more vulnerable.
It is for this reason that I would give McCain the edge in a head-to-head
matchup with Obama. I’m not so sure the same is true against Hillary.
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The wingnuts are floating trial attack balloons aimed at Obama. So far they’re
pitiful. But since Obama hasn’t defined himself, you can bet they’ll get busy
doing it for him. They’re saving their big guns in case Democrats make the mistake and give him the nod.
Follow Clinton’s lead. Put your energy to good work, people. Start
calling for Clinton.
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