Jacobtm
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« on: July 18, 2007, 08:54:03 PM » |
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In 2003, Howard Dean was the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. In fact, he was the nominee already. Everyone KNEW that Howard Dean was going to win the nomination. Everyone also KNEW that Dick Gephardt, midwesterner, union activist, next-door neighbor, would do well in Iowa, and perhaps was the only one who could stop Dean in Iowa.
The two campaigns KNEW that to secure a victory, all they had to do was squash the other campaign. And so, in the last weeks of the campaign in Iowa, the Dean and Gephardt campaigns began a series of negative attacks against each other, hoping to bring down the other, and boost up their own candidate.
Unfortunately for them, their tactics only half-worked. The negative ads against Dean brought him down in the polls. The negative ads against Gephardt brought him down in the polls. They worked so well, that insted of first and second, the pair finished third and fourth. The winner was some dickwad from Massachusetts and some pretty boy from down south.
So, at this point in the campaign, EVERYONE KNOWS that it's a 2 person race for the Democratic nomination. It's Hillary's race to lose; just as it had been Deans. Obama's close in most polls, and EVERYONE KNOWS that all he needs to do to win is get past Clinton.
So, when it comes down to it, do you think the Clinton campaign will understand that there's more than one other candidate in the race, and that you have to prop up your own candidate instead of focusing all your energy on tearing down others? Do you think the Obama campaign will understand how venemous an attack from the Clinton Campaign might turn out to be?
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