Thursday, January 01, 2004
Hopeful Blumenthal reminiscence
i am a ram passes along this Sid Blumenthal reflection on Dean's staying power.
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posted by Blicero : 1/01/2004 08:42:00 PM
Since 1968, when Eugene McCarthy shocked President Johnson in the New Hampshire primary, the establishment candidate has been vulnerable to an insurgent. The case for strategic voting has without exception never worked. In 1992, Bill Clinton, under attack for evading the draft during the Vietnam war, was excoriated by his rival, Senator Bob Kerrey: "I'm not questioning (Clinton's) patriotism, but I guarantee Bush will in November," Kerrey warned. "The Republicans will exploit every weakness" and Clinton "will get opened like a soft peanut."Different metaphors this time around (wax, not peanuts) but hopefully the same outcome.
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posted by Blicero : 1/01/2004 08:42:00 PM
