On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >. If Hillary were the nominee, she would be up > 15-20 points and the race would be over. Forty percent of the country might > hate her, but everyone else would vote for her.
I think you underestimate the bridges that Hillary burned during the Democratic primary and how she would have been weighed down by her baggage. I was not a fan of Hillary going into the primary (of course I wasn't a Democrat either, so it didn't matter) but I had some basic respect for her. I was appalled at the things she did during the primary campaign though. And can you imagine the how low the general election would have gotten? Ayers is bad enough, I don't want to see a reprise of Vince Foster allegations and people were already were writing up talking points about how Bill would be at least half running the show and how Hillary's nomination was a subversion of the 25th amendment. The prospect of a Clinton in the Whitehouse would have meant that McCain didn't need to pick Palin to engage the base. He could have blamed everything wrong with the economy on her and/or Bush and actually had a chance to position himself as the candidate of change. How long must we go without a Bush or Clinton in the Whitehouse?, etc. No, I think that Obama is far superior a candidate for the general election than Hillary. She had her supporters and passionate at that. But Obama is bringing a new ground game into place and the DLC will finally get swept out of the party leadership (thank God). Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:275650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
