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Hillary Clinton's refusal to drop out actually did Obama a huge favor (and I'm not being sarcastic for once)
20 January 2012
Today's Electoral-vote.com (one of the best sites covering the election) talks about the major influx of newly registered Democratic voters, showing how in every state except New Mexico the Dems have registered far more new voters than Republicans. Some of this is attributed to the primary dragging on til the very last state:
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All those (Obama) Democrats who were moaning that Clinton's...
Obama and the Dean Democrats
20 January 2012
There's a good interview with Matt Bai in the new issue of the Believer, which you can read online. I particularly like his analysis of the legacy of Dean's 2004 campaign, which I supported:
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Dean himself will tell you that the failure of his campaign was the failure to make a transition to a broader, credible candidacy, to articulate a more constructive agenda for the country in a way...