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Not So Fast

Just when it looked like the race for the White House looked like McCain v. Obama, Hillary Clinton surges back in the last round of primaries, making the D outcome murky. Like Glenn Close's character in Fatal Attraction, this race refuses to die.

Yet, the D race generates much heat and no light. Instead, they position themselves over the tiniest of differences, mostly vague notions of style and years of experience. The differences have already been established, with Obama being slightly more anti-war and Clinton being more willing to use government force. Obama's health plan was oh so slightly less coercive, yet Clinton tries to paint this as a weakness!

As Micah Tillman notes, some conservatives like that Obama v. Clinton continues into extra innings. Yes, McCain can lay low for months, which in his case is probably a good thing. The counter is that if Obama and Clinton continue to generate all the coverage, they could transform that into strength, come November. This is especially so if they can heal this rift between them. Offering the other the VP is the easy answer.

Paraphrasing Shakespeare, this brief candle continues to burn to its base. But the D candidate will get a new candle when nominated. McCain's second candle has already started to burn, and few are drawn to the light, and even fewer enthusiastically so. He never found his base. Clinton and Obama have.

Oh, yes, then there's the little matter of the D's FL and MI delegates. Again paraphrasing Shakespeare, we can't kill all the lawyers just yet. Solving what to do with those two high-population states's delegates should prove to be high drama. Odds are high, however, that it will signify nothing.

-RC

Posted by Robert Capozzi on March 9, 2008 07:38 AM |

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