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As an academic who studies political communication, I can say that Pablo Fresa is probably correct in his assessment of the importance of the swing vote and the difficulty for Hillary to surmount these preformed attitudes--though polling is largely speculative this early in the race. As an Upstate New Yorker and Democrat, I wish that she understood that like Ted Kennedy she will never be President, but she can be a truly Great Senator. The sooner that she accepts the former and moves forward with the latter the better for us all.