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	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
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		<title>By: Please Debate Me &#171; Naked Hillary</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/13/hillary-didnt-expect-a-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-391029</link>
		<dc:creator>Please Debate Me &#171; Naked Hillary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This is obviously a Campaigning 101 tactic: When you are losing ground to your opponent, schedule a debate, try to make your case and hope to get greater exposure. Add to this mix reports that she is loaning her campaign money and many of her top donors are reportedly tapped out. A debate could be a saving grace for her and she hopes that it will be the stop-gag to her campaign&#8217;s spiral into oblivion. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This is obviously a Campaigning 101 tactic: When you are losing ground to your opponent, schedule a debate, try to make your case and hope to get greater exposure. Add to this mix reports that she is loaning her campaign money and many of her top donors are reportedly tapped out. A debate could be a saving grace for her and she hopes that it will be the stop-gag to her campaign&#8217;s spiral into oblivion. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Her campaign planning has been atrocious and she isn&#039;t the candidate her husband was to make up for it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Her campaign planning has been atrocious and she isn&#8217;t the candidate her husband was to make up for it.</p>
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		<title>By: Tony Lambiris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony Lambiris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well put, fuck the status quo. She can take her &quot;experience&quot; and shove it up her twat. The only experience she has is playing the game and pandering to her special interest cronies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well put, fuck the status quo. She can take her &#8220;experience&#8221; and shove it up her twat. The only experience she has is playing the game and pandering to her special interest cronies.</p>
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		<title>By: McCain Beats Clinton. Texas Beats Clinton. Ohio Beats Clinton. &#171; Naked Hillary</title>
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		<dc:creator>McCain Beats Clinton. Texas Beats Clinton. Ohio Beats Clinton. &#171; Naked Hillary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Beats&#160;Clinton.  The question of whether Hillary can beat John McCain is in danger of becoming moot. Granted, the media loves to exaggerate, and, even though I am an Obama supporter, I acknowledge a [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Beats&nbsp;Clinton.  The question of whether Hillary can beat John McCain is in danger of becoming moot. Granted, the media loves to exaggerate, and, even though I am an Obama supporter, I acknowledge a [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Prose Before Hos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Prose Before Hos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The Worst Campaign Video You Will Ever See...&lt;/strong&gt;

Also known as: how white can you get?&#8230;



See also: A Hillary Video, Can The Obubble Be Popped?, For Hillary Primary Losses Never Happened, Hillary Didn&#8217;t Expect a Fight, Hillary Clinton = Donkey Kong Country 3.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Worst Campaign Video You Will Ever See&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Also known as: how white can you get?&#8230;</p>
<p>See also: A Hillary Video, Can The Obubble Be Popped?, For Hillary Primary Losses Never Happened, Hillary Didn&#8217;t Expect a Fight, Hillary Clinton = Donkey Kong Country 3.<br />
Technorati Tags: Hillary Cli&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: TerenceC</title>
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		<dc:creator>TerenceC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is over already. Texas will be incredibly close if she even wins- Ohio too. She needs to win by 20% plus to just be even with the popular vote - not even mentioning the delegate spread. It&#039;s over - barring Barack being found with a dead woman or a live boy (to steal a quote) it looks like he&#039;s going to close the deal. Hillary has too much baggage, couldn&#039;t plan appropriately, has no vision, apparently no managerial talent, and her team belongs in the &quot;Bush&quot; league:) There is that whole Super Delegate thing which scares the hell out of me - but I can&#039;t believe they would actually attempt to over turn popular precedence. The Democratic party could lose a butt kicking contest with a one legged man  so I won&#039;t commit to anything though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is over already. Texas will be incredibly close if she even wins- Ohio too. She needs to win by 20% plus to just be even with the popular vote &#8211; not even mentioning the delegate spread. It&#8217;s over &#8211; barring Barack being found with a dead woman or a live boy (to steal a quote) it looks like he&#8217;s going to close the deal. Hillary has too much baggage, couldn&#8217;t plan appropriately, has no vision, apparently no managerial talent, and her team belongs in the &#8220;Bush&#8221; league:) There is that whole Super Delegate thing which scares the hell out of me &#8211; but I can&#8217;t believe they would actually attempt to over turn popular precedence. The Democratic party could lose a butt kicking contest with a one legged man  so I won&#8217;t commit to anything though.</p>
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		<title>By: Stephen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Superdelegates exist because of Mondale, Democrats decided after his disastrous candidacy that Party folks should have a  say as well as the people.  Its an old system that needs to be replaced.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Superdelegates exist because of Mondale, Democrats decided after his disastrous candidacy that Party folks should have a  say as well as the people.  Its an old system that needs to be replaced.</p>
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		<title>By: mw</title>
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		<dc:creator>mw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of hubris. Obama is now pulling a page out of the Clinton playbook.  The &quot;inevitability&quot; meme is now coming out of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Plouffe_She_cant_catch_us.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Obama camp&lt;/a&gt;. 

There is a lot of gamesmanship going on here, from both camps. The Obama camp pretending that its all about elected delegates as if the superdelegates are an afterthought and compelled to go along. One question - If that is the case - &lt;b&gt;Why do super delegates exist?&lt;/b&gt; I am not saying they should exist, I am just saying people need to think about &lt;b&gt;&quot;why&quot;&lt;/b&gt;.

Here is a scenario where the Obama camp could be proved wrong: Clinton wins in Texas and Ohio. That gives her the winning popular majority in all the most important big states (except Illinois) - including California, New York - not to mention the people who voted for her in Michigan and Florida. If that happens the superdelegates will have the political cover they need to vote for Clinton - even if Obama has a lead in elected delegates and popular vote.

If Obama takes either Texas or Ohio, then I&#039;ll agree it is over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of hubris. Obama is now pulling a page out of the Clinton playbook.  The &#8220;inevitability&#8221; meme is now coming out of the <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Plouffe_She_cant_catch_us.html" rel="nofollow">Obama camp</a>. </p>
<p>There is a lot of gamesmanship going on here, from both camps. The Obama camp pretending that its all about elected delegates as if the superdelegates are an afterthought and compelled to go along. One question &#8211; If that is the case &#8211; <b>Why do super delegates exist?</b> I am not saying they should exist, I am just saying people need to think about <b>&#8220;why&#8221;</b>.</p>
<p>Here is a scenario where the Obama camp could be proved wrong: Clinton wins in Texas and Ohio. That gives her the winning popular majority in all the most important big states (except Illinois) &#8211; including California, New York &#8211; not to mention the people who voted for her in Michigan and Florida. If that happens the superdelegates will have the political cover they need to vote for Clinton &#8211; even if Obama has a lead in elected delegates and popular vote.</p>
<p>If Obama takes either Texas or Ohio, then I&#8217;ll agree it is over.</p>
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