Mark Penn is out | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 hidden)
smartest thing the Clintons have done all campaign (none / 0)

by richardshort2001 on 04/07/2008 12:33:25 PM EST

This might be Hillary's last chance... (none / 1)
Now that she dumped the biggest dead weight, she can take this opportunity to change her camapaign entirely.

I think she should ask Obama to agree with her that, from this point on, they should both campaign as if they already have the nomination (i.e. campaign against McCain instead of each other) and let the votes and the superdelegates fall where they may.  This might be her last chance to look like a hero and maybe convince enough people that she isn't the self-serving power grabbing Washington insider that many (including her own campaign) have portrayed her to be.

by richardshort2001 on 04/07/2008 12:37:52 PM EST

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Just watched the first few minutes of Countdown... (none / 0)
So much for that.

by richardshort2001 on 04/08/2008 01:52:40 AM EST

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Luuv Keith but... (none / 0)
I timed it and he spent 36 minutes (- commercials) out of his 1Hr (- commercials) program rehashing Hillary's "honesty problems", how Penn wasn't "really gone", etc.
Now I know most of you were thrilled, and he probably doesn't want to seem like he's ONLY hitting reps, but Jeezus!  Everybody on every cable news program was covering that shit!  We'd only just been treated to non- stop rehashing of it by Tweety and D. Gregory on the two lead-in shows on MSNBC!

by 10sejed on 04/08/2008 02:29:39 AM EST

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You speak the truth, but (none / 0)
it wouldn't be the case if she didn't make it so easy.


by richardshort2001 on 04/08/2008 02:35:38 AM EST

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Seriously, (none / 0)
When I heard Penn was out, a joy rushed over me.  Not because I thought it was Hillary's doom, but because I thought that there was a chance this campaign could become what it should be, with the best candidate winning, whover that was.

Let's face it, the reason Hillary is being cast as a train wreck, is because she has BECOME a train wreck.  Unlike some others, I am not going to try to psychoanalyze her and say why she has made so many glaring errors, but she made them, again and again.

We have learned from 2000 and 2004 if a Democrat lies, or exaggerates (or downplays) something even slightly, the media will be all over it.  Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton. 

Even Obama hasn't gotten a total pass.  There was about 12 minutes spent the other day about whether or not he lied about SMOKING.  Clinton has just been caught more. 

by richardshort2001 on 04/08/2008 02:48:06 AM EST

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Mark Penn is out | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 hidden)