The Big Question: Where did Hillary Clinton go wrong in her campaign to win the Presidency?

Her campaign team, much of it battlehardened in Bill Clinton's two successful White House runs, made many surprising errors. The biggest strategic mistake however, may have been to assume that everything would be wrapped up quickly. In the past that had indeed been the case - in 2004, John Kerry had basically won after his victories in the first two contests while even in 1992 her husband had effectively locked up the nomination after winning Illinois, ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
3.2
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Largely an opinion presented as analysis. It is interesting to see what is said in the Independent, though he may have been rushed to perform his postmortem. He errors in saying Clinton won Texas, as do many in the US press; Obama's combination of popularly elected delegates and caucus delegates gave him the most delegates from Texas. He says Florida and Michigan did not help, but the rules and bylaws committee actually bent over backwards to give her votes the rules did not allow. Other damaging factors the article omits: a poor choice of campaign advisers, going negative in a primary, pre-existing negative opinions about Clinton, American distaste for dynasties, irrational misconstruing of facts, and insufficiently subtle racist comments. In the end, outdone by smarts and character.

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Dwight's Rating

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