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The haunting of the Democrats
The party is caught in an excruciating Catch-22. Whether it chooses the establishment figure or the liberal reformer, history offers many paths to defeat.
By Andrew O'Hehir [2008-04-21]

  • What is different now...

    McGovern faced a number of things, one which was forced school bussing. Where I grew up (Detroit) forced bussing was the #1 issue and the Republicans were against it as was much of the population.

    Mondale and Dukakis were both boring and had nothing inspirational to say.

    Now, our 2 Democratic candidates are for the most part, in line with the voting population. Moreover, Obama is not boring he is downright inspirational, and even Hillary, who started out pretty dull, has evolved as a speaker.

    What I am concerned about is burnout. Have candidates EVER needed to stump this relentlessly before?

    -- peeps1
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    Sunday, April 20, 2008 06:48 PM
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