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Re: U.S. Presidential Election 2008
yup ...which doubtless she knows, of course.
Some interesting thoughts from another BBC piece...
"One of the things that makes Mrs Clinton so psychologically fascinating is her tendency to portray everthing in terms of conflict and confrontation.
And one of the characteristics that makes her so interesting politically is that she is a much better candidate when things are going badly than when they are going well."
...and on the strategy she's adopting...
"The big question of course, is just what Mrs Clinton's strategy in all this really might be.
Does she think that if things are not settled before the party's summer nominating conference in Denver that she will somehow simply emerge victorious from a knock-em-down, drag-em-out fight on the convention floor?
Or does she believe that it might yet be settled behind closed doors between the party bigwigs who are long term investors in the Clinton brand?
Or is it something cruder? The belief that if you simply hang in there long enough, and the race is close enough, then something might emerge to trip your opponent?
My view is that it is a little of all three, but mainly the last point, the belief that events can trip up even the most sure-footed of candidates."
Obama just needs to watch himself - the Clinton camp have shown themselves to be adept at stunts and traps.
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