Two very interesting "insider" pieces
Two very different, but interesting, "insider" pieces in the WaPo today, both too complex to adequately excerpt.
First, this extremely odd article where CentCom commander Adm. Fallon vigorously denies an article praising him for his stance against an attack on Iran. It appears to be roiling everyone in the chain.
Second, a long WaPo piece outlining the increasingly heated arguments inside the Clinton campaign even after Tuesday's win.
It's not that they're arguing, it's that they're arguing in the press. (Something I remember from the Bill Clinton White House.)
She needs to step in and shut this down right now.
First, this extremely odd article where CentCom commander Adm. Fallon vigorously denies an article praising him for his stance against an attack on Iran. It appears to be roiling everyone in the chain.
Second, a long WaPo piece outlining the increasingly heated arguments inside the Clinton campaign even after Tuesday's win.
With a flurry of phone calls and e-mail messages that began before polls closed, campaign officials made clear to friends, colleagues and reporters that they did not view the wins as validation for the candidate's chief strategist. "A lot of people would still like to see him go," a senior adviser said.
It's not that they're arguing, it's that they're arguing in the press. (Something I remember from the Bill Clinton White House.)
She needs to step in and shut this down right now.
posted by mikevotes at
7:52 AM
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I've given up trying to find sense in the bizarre and surreal tap dance of that passes for "Middle East strategy."
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The Clinton campaign people -- the pros -- know they didn't win anything on Tuesday but the media spin. And with that, a reprieve.
It's not enough for a candidate -- either candidate -- to "win a state," they need to beat their opponent... unequivocally. But this seems to be increasingly unlikely to happen at the polls.
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-epm, at 9:23 AM
My opinion is that they won because they reshaped the media and expectations landscape and that's all Harold Ickes.
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mikevotes, at 11:22 AM
I know what you're saying about "winning," but will the new media spin have any affect on the reality of delegate counts?
My gut feeling is that the "Hillary has momentum!" spin will be temporary.
It looks like the Obama campaign has sharpened it's "questioning" of the Hillary sound bites of "experienced" and "vetted." Also look for more sharply drawn distinctions between Obama and Clinton on issues of transparency and/or authenticity.
Will the Obama team be able to deflate Hillary's perceived credibility as vetted and experienced in the minds of voters? Will they be able to turn the tables on the Clinton campaign as being the one which is all talk but nothing to back it up?
The next week will be interesting because we have WY and MS. It'll be interesting to see how the candidates spin -- and the media reports -- on these races.
Hillary's success on Tuesday is reminiscent of her "comeback" in NH -- where she "came back" from last minute polling expectations, but saw her margin of victory reduced from earlier expectations, and her delegate gain a draw. After NH the spin was very much the same as we're seeing now, post OH, TX. If Obama wins both WY and MS by 15+ pts, it's possible the media meme may become "Ohio, Texas a bump in the road for Obama."
At this point, I'm willing to believe anything could happen.
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-epm, at 12:08 PM
I don't know. We'll have to wait and see, but as I wrote yesterday, I'm still in the "I don't think she can win" camp which looks at the delegate math and the practical impossibilty of this thing being decided at the convention.
And, if Obama wins, you already know the spin. Wyoming was a caucus and caucuses are unfair to Clinton (for reasons still not explained,) And Mississippi is full of black people who only vote for Obama because he's black (unlike the reasoned women who vote for Clinton because she's the best choice, right?)
And, I don't think Ohio/Texas will ever be caleed a bump. They're too big. More likely it will be a subtle shift back to delegate math.
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mikevotes, at 1:32 PM
Political cartoon
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-epm, at 1:53 PM
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