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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:00 AM

How Obama won Wisconsin

The Illinois senator did well with campus liberals, white men, crossover Republicans and independents, but he made inroads into Clinton's working-class base too.

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  • Wednesday, February 20, 2008 06:24 AM

    Obama needs to go on executive training course?

    First, I don't believe that Barack Obama is prepared to be an effective President from day one. I just don't think he has the total life-experience, political savvy and maturity to handle the incredibly complex job of President.

    This is Dred Scott all over again.

    Yes, we can see from the way that Obama has managed his campaign that he does not have a clue. He can organize the field workers, and he has learned to talk well and can write too, but he is not ready to come indoors yet.

    And we can see that Hillary's exective skills and strategic planning have served her well, especially in her brilliant plan to have no plan after Super Tuesday, or her failure to notice that the structure of the Texas primary makes a huge delegate win unlikely for her.

    Well done, Hillary! Just think what you could do in the White House.

    Look folks, Hlllary would have been out of the contest a long time ago had it not been for her shock victory in New Hampshire. She has never been elected to anything but a safe Democratic Party Senate sinecure in New York, where a Republican win would have been a shock. The only big win she has had in this campaign has been in New York.

    She does not have Bill's ability to connect with voters, and even Bill would have been beaten in his first general election had the crazy Ross Perot not effectively torpedoed the Republican ship, which would have cruised to easy victory.

    Well done, Obama. Welcome to the Big White House. I can't remember the last time we had an African American President... Oh, REALLY?

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