http://donklephant.com/2008/04/20/gallup-obama-regains-small-2-point-lead/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:05:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2008/04/20/gallup-obama-regains-small-2-point-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-396664 Barack Obama 2008/2012 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:45:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5292#comment-396664 I'm still holding out hope Obama can win PA because I'm hopeful that the polls are underestimating the influence of the new voters (who will probably be overwhelmingly in Obama's favor) and I feel it will be his only chance to get Clinton to quit before June 3. Obama will surely win NC & Oregon and I think he'll win Indiana too - but a PA win (even slim) will keep Clinton around slinging her mud. I’m still holding out hope Obama can win PA because I’m hopeful that the polls are underestimating the influence of the new voters (who will probably be overwhelmingly in Obama’s favor) and I feel it will be his only chance to get Clinton to quit before June 3. Obama will surely win NC & Oregon and I think he’ll win Indiana too – but a PA win (even slim) will keep Clinton around slinging her mud.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/04/20/gallup-obama-regains-small-2-point-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-396663 Michael Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5292#comment-396663 I think it's pretty clear that Hillary and Obama appeal to pretty different constituencies within the Democratic party and no amount of campaigning, mud-slinging, advertising and debating is going to change that more than a few percentage points. I think it's also pretty clear that Hillary can hurt Obama, but she can't kill him and therefore she can't win the nomination in a way that won't be hugely destructive to the Democratic party. Hopefully NC and IN will make the outcome clear and we can get on with the healing process. I think it’s pretty clear that Hillary and Obama appeal to pretty different constituencies within the Democratic party and no amount of campaigning, mud-slinging, advertising and debating is going to change that more than a few percentage points. I think it’s also pretty clear that Hillary can hurt Obama, but she can’t kill him and therefore she can’t win the nomination in a way that won’t be hugely destructive to the Democratic party. Hopefully NC and IN will make the outcome clear and we can get on with the healing process.

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