Put bluntly, Without Hillary Clinton, there isn't much of a campaign. There is no post-Hillary to her campaign. Her Phenomenon starts and ends with her. She's the centerpiece; her's is not a movement, it's a Cult of Her.
Because of this, Her Voters are less interested in volunteering, and trust Hillary to do the heavy lifting.
Her Voters are less interested in Caucus organization work, such as Canvassing or phone banking, leaving her to do the heavy lifting, or worse, apologizing for the process to begin with.
Her Voters will also depend upon Hillary and only Hillary to make the Government Change so that we can get real solutions for our Citizens, and that's a HUGE FLAW in the entire web of her Campaign. This Obama supporter will call Hillary's Campaign out for what it is: A CULT OF PERSONALITY
Obama's Campaign on the other hand is a shining example of a People Powered Movement. Consider the following:
-- over 1,000,000 unique Donors
-- Over 2,000,000 Phone Calls to the March 4th States by Supporters
-- Over and Over again, in every state, the Ground Game and Volunteer Movement closes gap after gap, wins Caucuses, and keeps Primaries Close.
Obama's Campaign is a people run movement which only has the people to answer to afterwards. There is no coddling of local politicians like Hillary owes Ted Strickland and Ed Rendell.
One is a Movement inspired by the Candidate but likely to go on even without the candidate. Should Obama lose this all, Mark my Words, for a decade to come, there will be Obamamaniacs making waves similar to and with greater effect than the Deaniacs, our actual precursor (mine too).
One is a Campaign, built around a single individual, incapable of living up to her expectations, and centered around tearing down Obama the candidate. Despite the Negative attacks, Obama's Campaign will win this in the end because it's a movement, the groundgame, he'll never get blown out the way she did in Wyoming today and Mississippi on Tuesday, she wins narrowly, he runs away with it.
Hillary supporters should really reflect on the campaign that pisses on 40 states to support a select 10. Is this Democracy? I say no, and I say join the Obama Campaign, this is a Movement, not a Cult, and it's Democracy, the first true Democratic Movement of our Generation and this Century. And we Will Succeed because once there is a President Obama, there will be a 50 State Infrastructure of Door Knockers and Phonebankers ready to call any Roadblocking Congressman or Senator standing in the way of the Change we Demand.
Obama and more so his campaign has shown us the way but the campaign of Obama is riding on the wave of his supporters and its that wave that wins caucuses and it's that wave that effects real change. This is so much more than just a single Person... Hillary will never understand that and her supporters can't look beyond the old political model to see the new reality that is on display every time there is a caucus landslide.
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