In Praise of the 'Long' Campaign

Wall Street Journal, Opinion Journal (WSJ) by Fred Barnes | May. 6, 2008 (Opinion)

Democratic strategists think the fight for the presidential nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has dragged on too long. Mr. Obama's supporters certainly agree. And a significant chunk of the mainstream media - the chunk with Obama sympathies - believes the race should have ended weeks ago with an unconditional surrender by Sen. Clinton. Now, according to a recent Fox News poll, even the voters - Democrats (67%), Republicans (58%), ... Full Story »

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Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Democrats, Democratic Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - May 6, 2008 - 7:53 AM PDT
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Beth Wellington
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 by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

If the writer, a Fox commentator, would have touted a long Republican nomination season for the same reasons, he would have had more credibility. The current Democratic race has shed more heat than light, something he fails to acknowledge. After checking on Rush Limbaugh's site about his "Operation Chaos," urging his listeners to switch their party registration temporarily in order to vote for Clinton and prolong the race, one has to wonder if the open primary system has seen more "strategic voting" than if both primaries were still deciding the candidate.

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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008
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