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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:03 PM Original message |
McClatchy: How Hillary Clinton blew a sure thing |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I Think She Lost It When She Lost Her Most Ardent Supporters |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah. He candidacy was never "a sure thing". |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The Clintons drank the Power Kool-Aid many years ago. They assumed voters would bow to them |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I also think that she lost ground when she refused to apologize for... |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. She figured that in the GE she would have been ridiculed as a "flip flopper" |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. She certainly lost me then |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. When I think of how the millions of anti-war Democrats were treated in that |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I agree. I think she is paying a price for the IWR, BUT |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Playing it "safe" while in the Senate also hurt. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. If you have all the advantages going in and run the campaign |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. He spoke only on the condition of anonymity |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. A similar analysis from The Atlantic |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. she can't manager her campaign finances |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. The demise of her once thought to be formidable campaign is nothing short of spectacular. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Man. That title is really tempting. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You need to swallow that impulse; really bury it deep. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Oh, come on... spit it out. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. But you're making it harder |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Two things wrong with this analysis. She hasn't lost yet and it was never "a sure thing" |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. She has run a terrible campaign. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. wow ran a great campaign? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. and i thought it was going to be a sex scandal about her and obama... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Gulp! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. that's what she said... |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. A number of things have combined to kick her ass |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. She made it about her |
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KhaOZ (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think she lost it "on day one": link |
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catagory5 (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Her most ardent supporters? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. um, NO. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. She had Titanic Syndrome... she thought she was unsinkable.. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It's time for her campaign |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's not amazing. We have been trying to tell her that her message |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Maybe this year was just not her time. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. and the experience is questionable |
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FraDon (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hillary has become the Hubert Humphrey in this campaign, |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Her sense of entitlement was too obvious in the debates. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Sleeping with the President isn't being "an agent of change". |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. On one level, she blew it, on another, she may have been doomed all along |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think a lot of people have said it all already pretty much |
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