Well she'll be hard pressed to put a positive spin on that, though I'm far from certain just how you survey a democrat caucaus given its vaguaries, and that it's done by process of elimination. Hillary's a devisive character as has been laboured previously, and most people have formed a pretty well entrenched position regarding her, making he rvote the most loyal, but also the one open to the least upward movement. Makes New Hampshire a must win for her I'd have thought, as there'll be no shortage of anti Hillary Dem's who will be happy to deal her the knock out blow if they can.
All part of Warblers masterplan :nuts:
Barrack and Hillary to tear each other up, whilst WASP'y Edwards sneaks through as the compromise by virtue of attracting the least flak. As the race tightens up though, they'll get nervous about the inexperienced Obama and cold feet will prevail. I need Hillary taking early damage from which she can't recover, allowing Edwards to inherit the role of 'safer pair of hands etc' I suppose the old WASP acronym is about out date now, (i need male in it :brows: )
I'm not sure it was forecast BM, (or not until very late on) She went to Iowa to win, and was long time favourite, and her campaign were certainly talking her prospects up for a long time too. She's spent a lot of time there, and the longer she did, the less inroads she's appeared to make. She made a few big city mistakes in what is an affluent rural state, but few people are prepared to forgive Hillary such is her devisiveness. Even this weekend, the last polls had her as neck and neck with Obama and Edwards tucked in behind in third. If she has indeed come third, that is a poor result for her however she tries to mask it, and if I were a Dem I'd be asking myself just how much appeal she has outside of her core voting block? Can this women reach out to a broader constituency and win me an election? etc
Mind you, as BM suggests, there's a long way to go, and remember the parable of Gary Hart!!! You can't win the nomination in the early primaries, but you can sure as hell do irrepairable damage. Still, they're only exits at this stage, lets wait, the American pollsters have been wrong before.
