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Why are so many people still wondering what he stands for? Are you expecting the media, the pundits, the nay-sayers,... [MORE] |
Elad |
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Hillary will ALWAYS have my support whether she wins the nomination or not. Just seeing her stand up so strongly... [MORE] |
Angela |
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Think of this ghastly thought: If all of the primaries were winner take all, Hillary Clinton would have a commanding... [MORE] |
MIke F. |
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People, even if Obama wins the rest, they will be in a statistical tie, as only 1-2% of the delegate... [MORE] |
John |
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But the catch, John, is your phrase "within the rules." The rules are that Florida and Michigan don't count. My... [MORE] |
Joe c |
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Yes, Clinton needs a win. Badly. But Obama faces a more uncertain future. While Hillary may not be able to... [MORE] |
Jack Heismann |
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To be effective, a presidential campaign has to be one part substance and two parts inspiration. A few people are... [MORE] |
Joe c |
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There are few moral victories and Hillary cannot claim Wisconsin as one of them. She was beating Obama soundly in... [MORE] |
Shin |
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Wisconsin was NOT a narrow defeat... monday some polls even had her in the lead, and there was the whisper... [MORE] |
Todd Palmer |
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No, the margin was quite wide. And what I don't understand is why it is supposed to be a good... [MORE] |
Joe c |
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Obama aka Mr. Ambiguous will only go so far. Around 10% of his votes last night came from crossover voters.... [MORE] |
John Ross |
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Do 2 minutes of research...the rhetoric that Barack Obama is "hollow" and is only about speeches is getting old and... [MORE] |
Rebecca |
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Obama beats Hillary by 17 points - yet you refer to it as a "narrow defeat"? Why? Because this time... [MORE] |
Michael Kniat |
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CALLING ON ALL REPUBLICANS IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Last night Hillery said she was "ready to defeat the Republicans"... [MORE] |
Daniel |
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After reading the article and the blogs that follow, one can only come to the conclusion that we Americans still... [MORE] |
lynn payne |
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Remember the old saw? "Democrates Fall In Love; Republicans Fall In Line" Please my fellow Demos don't give the presidency... [MORE] |
Buff Given |
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Better yet, what would they think? What would happen now if Hillary got the nomonation? What if she breaks even... [MORE] |
Sherlock |
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It's Over, and that is pretty much a fact.Why is it a fact? Just do the math: Obama is up 150... [MORE] |
Elad |
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I can't possibly see how Hiliary Clinton can get any comfort out of the results of the Wisconsin primary. It... [MORE] |
Ken Derickson |
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By any stretch of the imagination, a 17 1/2 point defeat in a swing state that looks an awful lot... [MORE] |
Aaron K. |
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If Clinton wins Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont all by 20%, she only picks up a net gain of... [MORE] |
Mac Zilber |
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Barack's margins of victory since Super Tuesday: Louisiana: +21 Nebraska: +36 Washington: +37 Maine: +19 Virgin Islands: +82 DC: +51... [MORE] |
Ajax the Greater |
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The Clinton campaign campaigned hard in Wisconsin. They went negative, they threw everything they could at Obama. The demographics was... [MORE] |
Marge T. |
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Don't know why CNN and other networks only show Obama with 58% of the vote, given that he had 58.8%... [MORE] |
Keith |
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Hmmm, the win doesn't count for much because so many independents and Republicans crossed over to vote for our candidate?... [MORE] |
Ursa M |
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For those that think that Obama has alot of x-over appeal, I think there may be abit of a surprise... [MORE] |
Heatwave |
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Obama outspent Clinton 4 to 1 in Wisconsin, enough said. $$ [MORE] |
Michael |
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Obama outspent Clinton because he's been raising bucketfuls more money from his supporters. What? You think it was desperate? You... [MORE] |
Matt Weiss |
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I think you have captured the mindset of the Clinton campaign perfectly. [MORE] |
ted |
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According to the majority of columnists, pundits, analysts, even former members of various Clinton campaigns in the past along with... [MORE] |
Paul W |
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LOL thanks for reminding me that Obama spent $500,000 in the WI primary when I get home tonight I'll send... [MORE] |
JIm Moore |
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You can't be serious in suggesting that a 17-point win is not a rout. It's virtually a landslide. And, most... [MORE] |
Howard B. |
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I'm sorry, but I don't understand how a 17% victory in a state that largely favored her demographically can be... [MORE] |
Matt Weiss |
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I guess her 17 point victory in NY was "narrow" as well. [MORE] |
Newton |
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I'm not exactly sure how a roughly 17 point margin is "keeping it close," even by the low standards of... [MORE] |
Mark Panning |
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I believe it is time for Mrs Clinton to call it quits in order to safeguard her reputation and her... [MORE] |
orangeal |
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What a strange article. Wapshott declares it a victory for Clinton that Obama owes his win to the 36% of... [MORE] |
Bill |
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she is running out of excuses. Truth is she is no Bill and she is, at best, a mediocre politician,... [MORE] |
kwaku azar |
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Obama won by 13% in Wisconsin, with Hawaii as dessert. He reached decisively into Clinton's core consituencies. If that's not... [MORE] |
Sisyphus in Soho |
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Now to win HRC needs to spread em with victories of 24- 25 % over Barack. Not really possible; me... [MORE] |
Double digits = R O U T |
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I don't understand the following comment from this article: Mrs. Clinton can claim to have turned Wisconsin into a narrow... [MORE] |
Jeff |
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Are you kidding? Clinton's team has tried to spin this as a narrow loss, but every news outlet has reported... [MORE] |
Marcus |
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The claim that "Mrs. Clinton can comfort herself that she did not suffer an outright rout" is difficult to accept.... [MORE] |
Iconoclast |
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A narrow defeat is 5 points - NOT 17! [MORE] |
RG |
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Given the rules for delegate selection, a "delegate" rout would probably require a 65/35 win. But for most of us who... [MORE] |
Harry |
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I mean after losing 10 races, Mrs Clinton needs to go back to the Senate and stop being foolish. McCain has... [MORE] |
Betty Chambers |
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58% is not a narrow defeat. That's a double-digit margin of 17 points. I'm sorry that you support Clinton, and... [MORE] |
Elad |
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How is a 17 point loss "close"? I'm not anti-Hillary, but lets be real. [MORE] |
someone |
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"Instead of an outright loss, Mrs. Clinton can claim to have turned Wisconsin into a narrow defeat. " This is... [MORE] |
Doug |
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1. Obama's health plan was never meant to be universal. In fact, no economically sound health plan SHOULD be universal.... [MORE] |
jc |
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Since when is an 18-point loss a narrow defeat? [MORE] |
ziggytosh |
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Billary lost 10 contests in a row-how can she possibly recover from ten losses? I am so tired of hearing... [MORE] |
Jodi |
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17 points in a state that all agree should be a core Clinton state is a narrow loss? [MORE] |
Joel |
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Hillary had run a pretty good campaign till South Carolina and even Super Tuesday. But since then, her campaign is... [MORE] |
pakman |
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Obama won WI handily by 17 points, hardly a close-call. When one considers that realclearpolitics polls averaged him ahead of... [MORE] |
Robert Mayer |
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"Narrow defeat" in Wisconsin??? Negative ads were effective??? I live in Texas, and early voting has just begun. Longest lines anyone... [MORE] |
Mark |
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You don't think Wisconsin was a rout? You're either the most rabid Hillary Clinton fan writing or you don't understand... [MORE] |
Donnie Marler |
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A 17 point margin is hardly a "narrow defeat". [MORE] |
C. Fink |
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Obama won by 17 points in a state Hillary shouldn't have even had to campaign in. She will have to... [MORE] |
Da5id |
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To call the Wisconsin victory a "narrow defeat" is pure spin. 58% is a wider margin of victory than any... [MORE] |
Martin Feldman |
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In what world is a 59-41 percent loss a "narrow defeat"? [MORE] |
Joe |
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I hardly think that losing a state that should have been made up largely of her 'base' by 17% could... [MORE] |
Ron |
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We must have different definitions of "narrow". She lost 58-41. That's a complete and utter rout by any reasonable definition,... [MORE] |
Craig Miles |
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The RCP average of Wisconsin polls was about 4 percent in favor of Obama. He won by four times that.... [MORE] |
DANatUSDLAW |
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So the author claims that Clinton was brilliant in her ability to take a state (Wisconsin) tailor-made to her demographic... [MORE] |
Chris |
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>>Last night's result in Wisconsin showed how canny the Clintons are at gaming the Democratic race. Instead of an outright... [MORE] |
Dan Conley |
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I don't know how anyone can claim that a 17 point drubbing is a narrow defeat? Polls were showing it... [MORE] |
Thom |
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Last night has been almost universally described in the American press as a wipe-out. Mrs. Clinton is out of money,... [MORE] |
Larry Sharp |
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Exit polls show that, in fact, Obama won registered Democrats. (Is "traditional" your variation on the Clinton campaign standard that... [MORE] |
Eric |
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Nicholas Wapshott claims that Hillary Clinton successfully played the expectations game in Wisconsin by turning "an outright loss" into a... [MORE] |
Michael Barnes |
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How do you figure that 17 points is a "narrow defeat"? [MORE] |
Dean Collins |
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He claims that Clinton will be able to claim a narrow defeat? How so?? She lost by 17 points! In... [MORE] |
Neil100283 |
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17 percentage points is hardly a narrow defeat. The Clintons have simply been unprepared as they thought they would be... [MORE] |
saw |
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What in the world are you talking about? Narrow Victory? Avoided a rout? I can understand having to write about things... [MORE] |
Mark Flanders |
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Narrow defeat? She lost by 17% while continuing to chip away at her base. [MORE] |
Andy Brown |
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The negative ads stemmed the tide? A quarter of the electorate said that only Clinton attacked unfairly, and 94% of... [MORE] |
Ted Venegas |
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A 17 point loss -- in a state with almost ideal demographics for her -- is a "narrow defeat?" Let's... [MORE] |
John |
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That's interesting....I guess by that barometer the only state Mrs. Clinton resoundingly beat Mr. Obama in was Arkansas. That is... [MORE] |
Renee Chamley |
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A 17-18 point rout in Wisconsin a narrow defeat? Narrow defeat the way her 2-3 point victory in New Hampshire... [MORE] |
Fred Poole |
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Senator Obama defeated Senator Clinton by 58% to 41% in Wisconsin. What margin would be required for an "outright loss"? Prior... [MORE] |
Dean |
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Obama turned a statistical dead heat into a blow out. He won virtually every demographic and did so convincingly. I... [MORE] |
adam |
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Your article has given me a glimmer of hope. Our family has been involved in politics for 40 years. I... [MORE] |
Susan Nolan |
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How can anyone conclude that a 17-point margin is a "narrow" defeat? [MORE] |
Donn Wallace |
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Clinton lost by 17%, that's not a narrow loss. Obama cut into her base, Wisconsin shows that Hillary's supporters are... [MORE] |
Andy |
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"narrow defeat"? How is a 17-point blowout a narrow defeat? [MORE] |
Joe |
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You honestly beleive 17 points is a narrow defeat? Tremendous defeat for Hillary. [MORE] |
Jim West |
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I doubt you can find many business people or statisticians who would call a 17 point difference "narrow". [MORE] |
G. Tanner |
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Obama's victory margin in Wisconsin was 17 points. That's exactly the margin of Clinton's victory in her home state. Can... [MORE] |
Richard Goodyear |
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Nice try to spin this, but 58 to 41 is an embarrassing blowout loss for Clinton, especially after polls were... [MORE] |
Theo |
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Does anyone buy the idea that Wisconsin was a narrow defeat for Senator Clinton? A 17 point defeat and a... [MORE] |
TL |
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LOL - are you kidding she got destroyed! It's all over for Hillary. [MORE] |
Mark |
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1) Where I'm from 17 points is not a narrow margin of defeat. 2) Some exit polls show a statistical tie... [MORE] |
Chris |
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Do you honestly think last night settled little? He ate into her base, and polling shows the races now tied... [MORE] |
Mike |
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While no polls predicted the magnitude of this margin--the most respectable had Obama ahead 4 or 5 points several days... [MORE] |
Bill Slayton |
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Hillary is a tough competitor with key states in her corral..California, New York, New Jersey, Massachussets and soon Texas, Ohio... [MORE] |
John McCoy |
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Clinton has shown her true colors as a caring person and as a Commander-in-Chief. The Wisconsin lines were long in... [MORE] |
lycope |
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Mr. Obama can take solace? A narrow victory? He won by 18 points. Hillary will have to win the remaining... [MORE] |
Jay |
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i really think u have missed the whole mood of the country.... i think u in america are missing something...even in... [MORE] |
vj |
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This was a 17 point thrashing! No amount of spin on your part will change that...... [MORE] |
Rick Adams |
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A narrow defeat? She lost by 17 points! She got creamed. [MORE] |
W. Taylor |
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In order to win the nomination she would need to take 60% of the delegates in Texas and Ohio, which... [MORE] |
Bill Ohio |
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How is a 17-point defeat "narrow"? The Clinton's themselves claimed they expected to keep it within 5 points. And the argument... [MORE] |
Louis M. |
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Obama - 58%Clinton - 41% 17% difference is a narrow defeat? That's twice the percentage difference in popular vote of Reagan/Mondale... [MORE] |
John |
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Last night's result in Wisconsin showed how canny the Clintons are at gaming the Democratic race. Instead of an outright... [MORE] |
Brian |
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A narrow defeat? This was a route, in territory that Clinton ought to have owned. After polls indicated a close... [MORE] |
Ben |
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She lost by 17 points. How was that not a rout? [MORE] |
matt r |
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You cannot compare a movement to a candidate. This is a movement and you'd better join before it is too... [MORE] |
Kevin Cohen |
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17% is a narrow defeat? After polls showed her within 5%? [MORE] |
matt |
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Obama won by 17%. Not a narrow victory in my estimation considering that he was polling at a mere 4%... [MORE] |
John Publius |
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17% is a narrow defeat? [MORE] |
Chris Jernigan |
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Obama was leading by around 4% in major Wisconsin polls over the weekend, by about 10% in less well-known polls... [MORE] |
Aaron Levitt |
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% = nothingdelegates = everything That is where the margin is small and that's the only thing that matters. CNN and... [MORE] |
MDSM |
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Combined, the two losses set Clinton back by about 21 delegates. That's a truly significant total at this late stage... [MORE] |
Joe c |
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Clinton herself denied last night that the "plagiarism" charge had been manufactured by her campaign, even though one of the... [MORE] |
Bruce in London |
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I don't know how you could buy the idea that Clinton won the expectations game. The latest poll average showed... [MORE] |
Howard |
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Senator Clinton: Just bow out gracefully for the good of the party and for your hopes in 2016. It is pretty... [MORE] |
Dave from NY |
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calling a 17 point loss in wisconsin a narrow defeat is inaccurate. by that logic, Obama only narrowly lost CAlf.... [MORE] |
henry |
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The polls have been wrong so many times, it is not a good idea to base your column on polls... |
dane ayers |
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Sir, The Democratic nominee contest is deadlocked now and however much the biased media gives a free ride to Barack... [MORE] |
Maung Maung Nyo |
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Are you kidding? To make anything of the Wisconsin PRIMARY (remember when Obama was just about caucuses?) other than a... [MORE] |
Tim |
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There is a huge contrast between Obama's rhetoric and his pedestrian agenda in fact it's quite stark if anyone takes... [MORE] |
J C Dillon |
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The $500,000 he spent on ads is a pittance considering more than 25,000 people have donated since last night. He... [MORE] |
Scott Miller |
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How can you possible describe 17 points as a "narrow loss"? In politics, it's a thrashing, especially when the polls... [MORE] |
Jared |
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Obama won by 17 points in Wisconsin! To read this article, you would think it was 52-48. [MORE] |
Jonah |
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Thank you for your analysis. As a woman over 60, I feel it is way past time for a woman... [MORE] |
bailey's mom |
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Let's review the results. Obama won by 17 points, hardly a narrow victory by any standard; this was twice as... [MORE] |
Harvey Thomson |
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Hillary should just get out now. All she serves to do is ruin the democratic party's chances at the presidential... [MORE] |
Veronica |
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The people are saying NO to Mrs. Clinton. They are saying YES, YES, YES to Mr. Obama. Wisconsin was a... [MORE] |
Munk |
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Since when is 17 points a narrow loss? There is no way Clinton can put a good face on this... [MORE] |
John |
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Since when is a 17 point spread not an outright loss? This was a blowout that far exceeded the late... [MORE] |
Lee Wright |
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If you look here: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#WIDEM you'll see that Obama actually won Democrats 53-46. Not only that but you've badly misjudged the... [MORE] |
K |
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Clinton lost by 17 points! Convince me that's a "narrow defeat" for me, and I'll buy you a beer. As... [MORE] |
Common Sense |
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Dream on. This is over. Clinton will never be able to win the margins she needs to in Texas and... [MORE] |
ATurner |
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Last i checked 17 points (58/41) was not considered a narrow defeat. O/08. [MORE] |
nathan |
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With all due respect, but 58 - 41 % for Obama in a state that has only a very small... [MORE] |
MartinBertschi |
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Your analysis is right on the mark. I believe Hillary can still win. The only problem is the press who... [MORE] |
mel miller |
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Surely before it transpired that Obama won by about 17%. [MORE] |
Rodger Lodger |
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The young and the "fresh, inexperienced" voters - who really do not have any idea of what it is to... [MORE] |
PurplePolitics |
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I am a mother, an aunt and a grandmother and I am excited that America finally has a viable candidate... [MORE] |
Sick of Politics As Usual |
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Her negative attacks somewhat stemmed Obama's tide? Huh? Just days ago, polls showed only a 4-5% lead for Obama. She... [MORE] |
D. Baker |
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How is 17 points a "narrow defeat"? That is a drubbing, pure and simple. And by the way, according to... [MORE] |
Trent |
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58 to 41 percent is an outright rout. [MORE] |
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