The Democratic race, in a nutshell
From political consultant Dick Morris: Hillary Clinton has squandered her multitude of advantages, and now barely has a prayer. Read about it here.
Not so fast, according to analyst Jay Cost. He crunches the numbers for every remaining contest; take it in here.
The newspaper lead that wraps it up most succinctly (courtesy of the Washington Times): "Lone Star Latinos, Buckeye endorsements and women — these are three factors that must come through for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to reclaim the Democratic Party's presidential nomination that once appeared hers."
Read the whole story, by Christina Bellantoni, here.
-- Don Frederick



What needs to come through from Hillary is not just her normal demographics, she needs to be providing something new. This whole campaign since Feb 5 has been her defending herself against Barack. Her attacks are weak and the people aren't buying it. The best she's done lately is claim that Barack stole her policies, but that isn't true enough nor damaging enough to sway them back to her.
excerpted from: http://www.politicalmaelstrom.blogspot.com
Posted by: Jesse | February 14, 2008 at 07:56 AM