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Clinton more electable than Obama, Mark Penn claims
In a memo, Clinton's chief strategist says she has a better chance than Obama to beat McCain.
Alex Koppelman [2008-02-11]

  • Executive Summary

    Here's my readers' digest of the top comments in this thread so far:

    [The Democrat party generally] always seems to assume that the Republicans will define the central issues which then have to be further defended by the Dems. -apophasis

    This memo only confirms my disenchantment with the current Democrat Party Machine, and why HRC is a tired, old-school Democrat. -terry

    Can you imagine how nasty things would be if there were ideological differences involved? -Anon

    As you can guess from my choice of the 2nd quote, I back Obama, with money as well as my vote. But I think supporters of both Democratic camps need to seriously cool off. It's OK to be passionate about a candidate without demonizing the other. Sure, there's a lot I don't like about HRC, but the last thing I want to do is get in a shouting match with Clinton supporters that further weakens the party.

    You can win a race by running faster than the others, or by whacking your fellow competitors in the kneecaps. In the sport of politics, it's always plenty of both, but let's focus more on the running, shall we? At least until the convention?

    -- syphax
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    Monday, February 11, 2008 02:56 PM
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