bailian

@bailian (6)

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Why Clinton Lost

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

Only a few short years ago, it was taken as a given that Hillary Clinton would be, in 2008, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. It was presumed to be inevitable; we were deluged with assertions that she was...

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Why Clinton Lost: Change and the Bush legacy

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

As Hunter has pointed out, Hillary Clinton lost the nomination for a variety of reasons and in a variety of ways, some of them seemingly counter-intuitive. For example, as the presumptive front-runner, she adopted a hyper-cautious...

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Why Clinton Lost: She didn't channel supporter passion.

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

At the end of December, if you read comments at Daily Kos, you'd have noticed a lot of people talking about their plans to go to Iowa or New Hampshire to volunteer for their candidates. I wanted to give those people the credit...

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Why Clinton Lost: Too Soon a Bulldog

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

Her politics never really thrilled me, but then I was never thrilled by Bill's, either. Both of them had a tendency to compromise when I thought they should stand tough, and stonewall when they should have been open. The whole...

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Why Clinton Lost (And Why Obama Just May Win Big In November)

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

But change was taking place. From coast to coast, red states to blue, ordinary Americans were called upon to do an extraordinary thing -- hope again. Obama's near-perfect campaign execution coupled with the very real desire to...

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