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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 12:53 AM

    SkylarDexter

    I think it depends on how and when it is decided in the end.

    If it comes down to the party establishment overruling the party base, whichever one of them wins the Democrats will lose in November.

    If it comes down to the "people's choice" they both stand a pretty good shot in the generals. After all, McCain's campaign slogan may as well be "More wars, less jobs."

    The important thing is to put forward the idea that this election is clean, that this is the will of the Democrats, and, with such a high turnout, the American people as well - whichever candidate wins.

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