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Friday, February 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Hillary at twilight

Was her campaign stop in an Ohio town called Hanging Rock a metaphor -- or a symbol of dogged defiance?
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, February 28, 2008 09:39 PM

    Hillary at twilight

    I just finished reading the "politics" sections of all the major Ohio newspapers, and Hillary seems solid in Ohio. The economic misery in the state, 200+ foreclosures a day, might suggest a desire for change, but Senator Clinton's highly programatic, information-laden "solutions" campaign seem comforting to an electorate battered by waves of layoffs and job loss, and though this is a change election, the extraordinary economic changes in Ohio seem to have made the electorate a bit hesitant to embrace Senator Obama's full-scale banner of change. It is Thursday, early voting has begun, and the election is on Tuesday, which is quite a while in politics; meanwhile, a similar exercise in Texas has begun to show some momentum for Senator Obama. In the two New England states: RI for Clinton; Vermont for Obama.

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