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Monday, April 7, 2008 12:00 AM

Why Hillary Clinton should be winning

Under a winner-take-all primary system, Hillary Clinton would have a wide lead over Barack Obama -- and enough delegates to clinch the nomination by June.

By Sean Wilentz

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Sunday, April 6, 2008 08:12 PM

reaching for straws

I have a lot of respect for some of Sean Wilentz's work (his justly praised book on Jacksonian U.S. for example) but his analysis of the 2008 election has been less than impressive and sometimes a little embarassing.

Both Obama and Clinton knew the rules of this election before they announced, and had the rules been different the game would have been played differently. A winner-take-all system would have resulted in different strategies and tactics from both campaigns so it is specious to surmise that all else would have remained the same.

Doctor Wilentz is more than smart enough to know this, but his one-note Hillary-trumpeting has compromised the rigor and efficacy of his arguments.

—frankepi Read frankepi's other letters

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