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Posted By: GUEST,Fantasma
26-Apr-08 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Media Jump Ship From Obama To Clinton
Subject: RE: BS: Media Jump Ship From Obama To Clinton
Oooh, this one's gotta hurt. Bob Herbert of the NYT today:
Op-Ed Columnist Heading Toward the Danger Zone
By BOB HERBERT Published: April 26, 2008
Barack Obama is winning, so why does it look like Hillary Clinton is having all the fun?
Senator Obama has been thrown completely off his game by a combination of political attacks (some fair, some foul), a toxic eruption (the volcanic Jeremiah Wright was a gift from the gods to the Clintons and the G.O.P.), and some pretty serious self-inflicted wounds.
You can almost feel the air seeping out of the Obama phenomenon. The candidate and his aides are brainstorming ways to counter the Clinton death-ray machine and regain the momentum. They need to generate some new excitement and enthusiasm, and they need to do it soon.
Despite all the new voters who have been brought into the process, Democrats are filled with anxiety about their prospects in November. A nervous operative told me on Friday: "If we lose this election, it would be like Johnson losing to Goldwater."