Hold Fast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbek46GB-zU

Heh, indeedy.

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Turkana at The Left Coaster has what I think is the most sober assessment of how possible outcomes tomorrow in Ohio and Texas will impact the state of the race. The short version is that Clinton has to win the popular vote in both states (which would presumably give her a delegate win in Ohio […]

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I think Chris Bowers pretty much nails the likely course of events with the Democratic nomination the rest of the way:
 The decline of a once frontrunning presidential campaign might be the exact opposite of Gandhi’s famous saying: first you think you have won, then they fight you, then they laugh at you, and then they […]

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Ben Smith reports on an Obama conference call:
A reporter asked whether Clinton should drop out after Ohio and Texas. Obama adviser Richard Danzig responded:
“I would encourage you on March 5 to call Sen. Clinton at 3 a.m. and ask that question.”
In that case, I’d recommend Clinton combat the snarkiness of Danzig’ss statement by answering using […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M70emIFxETs

The only way I could take Hillary Clinton less seriously now would be if she had been pictured at the end of that ad holding this phone:

The Obama campaign has a serious and effective response here.

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I remember when the conventional wisdom was that the Clinton campaign was so filled with experience and talent that they would run the entire race without making a mistake. I’m pretty sure I bought into that CW for a long time.
Today’s Times article on the Clinton campaign’s spending patterns shows that, in fact, they have […]

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I’ve tried to stay out of the discussion of the pro-Hillary Clinton 527 that’s recent formed called American Leadership Project. I’m not really interested in accusations of illegal activities made by people who don’t practice in campaign finance law and think the ALP’s existence has the potential to lead to a lot of toxic commentary […]

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The last 24 hours have brought an example of god-awful surrogate work for both Democratic campaigns. Of note are Lanny Davis for the Clinton campaign and Texas state senator Kirk Watson for the Obama campaign. I’ll let you decide which is worse.First, here’s Watson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o

That’s about as unprepared as I’ve ever seen an official surrogate be […]

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Fred Gooltz lays out why he voted for Barack Obama. Fred had consulted on social networking strategy for the Edwards campaign, is a savvy messaging consultant, and comments here from time to time. This part of his endorsement stood out to me:

This political movement that I work in has its roots in a bed of […]

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Josh Marshall points to Clinton pollster, strategist, and alleged smart person, Mark Penn:
“Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn’t won any of the significant states — outside of Illinois? That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama.”
This is about as short a view as the Clinton campaign can be taking as far as this […]

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