--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2008, at 5:15 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > Um, yeah, that's why she's neck and neck with Obama > > in terms of the popular vote and the pledged > > delegate count, and ahead in the superdelegate count. > > Judy, the fact that they're "neck and neck" at all is > astounding. It wasn't supposed to be this way, remember? > "I'll be the nominee" was her mantra all the way up until > Iowa, both literally and figuratively.
Yup, Obama was a very unexpected phenomenon, no question about it. She started out with a huge lead > in both name recognition and $$. > > What happened? > > She blew it, royally, in various ways, not the least of > which was her sense of entitlement, that the > nomination was hers for the asking. Actually that was what an awful lot of people expected as well; it wasn't just her by any means. But it was largely Mark Penn's terrible strategy that did the blowing. Granted, it's her responsibility for hiring him and hanging onto him for so long, but her "sense of entitlement" was not undeserved, and roughly half the Democratic voters in the country are still supporting her, so she can't be that repellent. The only reason she's > still a contender at all is because she decided to dip into her > own finances big-time to keep her campaign afloat. And that was the fault of her first campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, who squandered her immense war chest even before Super Tuesday. Hillary's still bringing in large amounts. > > She'll almost certainly win Pennsylvania handily. She > > has a good chance to win several of the remaining > > states as well. Neither she nor Obama is going to > > acquire enough delegates via the primaries to get the > > nomination; that's how close it is. It'll be an uphill > > battle for her, no question about it, but she's nowhere > > near being counted out yet, except by wishful thinking > > like yours. > > That's *your* wishful thinking, my dear. I'm sorry, what's my wishful thinking? That she isn't finished yet? Boy, there's a whole lot of knowledgable political pundits who disagree with you. I hope she stays in. It'll > make Obama a better candidate and her more accepting (hopefully) > of the final outcome. Depends on what they do with the Florida and Michigan delegates. > > Oh, and several of the most recent national polls have > > her beating McCain by a wider margin than Obama. > > > > Sal, you really need to shut up for a while and listen > > to people who know what they're talking about, because > > you're just pathetically clueless. > > You don't like my posts, Judy, just say hello to Mr. Delete > Button. I'm giving you a little advice, Sal, not complaining about your posts. I'm quite happy to watch you make a fool of yourself. > > You know that saying, > > "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"? That's you. > > Yeah, all my many fans are in serious danger of being > misled by reading my posts. Dangerous to *you*, Sal, in terms of your reputation for being a reasonable and intelligent individual, such as it may be. > River in Egypt time. Again. > > It's over, Judy. Maybe, and maybe not. We don't know yet. As PM Carpenter said so well, walking on the > "blissful tarmac of acceptance" would be a very good thing for > her. And you. Attempting to keep her in the race until the last > dog dies is just making her life more miserable. Then again, > why should you care? Uh, Sal, I hate to break it to you, but I'm not "attempting to keep her in the race." *She's* decided that that's what *she* wants to do; she hasn't consulted me about it.
