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  •  Here is a conspiracy theory for you (2+ / 0-)

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    Alden, MmeVoltaire

    The "Xerox line" is indeed petty and therefore benefits Obama.

    What if she is trying to set up a solid Obama win in OH & TX? Like a volleyball player setting up a teammate for a spike?

    Obama winning OH & TX by ten points would be the best possible momentum for November.

    Just as soon as the Ossetia war broke out, Dubya canceled a trip to Atlanta . . .

    by Bill White on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:05:56 AM PDT

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    •  I wouldn't go QUITE that far... (2+ / 0-)

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      shii, Bill White

      but it's a winning thought--sweet

    •  Alden's Razor (3+ / 0-)

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      mainer, MmeVoltaire, Catte Nappe

      Derived from Hanlon's derived from Occam's.

      Never attribute to superior "strategerizing" what can be explained by mere ineptitude.

      So no, I don't think she was setting up the teammate for a spike.  Against her better judgment (I hope), she followed the advice of one or more of her more aged and cynical advisors who thought the line was a good idea.  She still had a sense, which they were lacking, that it erased the difference between them and the Atwater-Rove lineage of their enemies.  I don't think we'll be hearing any more of that from Hillary.  Not if she wants to preserve her reputation and her legacy.

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      by Alden on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 08:13:12 AM PDT

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    •  The best possible momentum... (1+ / 0-)

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      MmeVoltaire

      ...would be to stretch it further.

      I like "Springtime in Pennsylvania", myself.  The longer we don't have a nominee, the harder we are to attack.

      We should run this show for another 2 months and make CNN and MSNBC cough up hours of free time for us.

      This only works as long as Hill's 527s don't go negative, of course.

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