Enough of the spin here. Clinton did campaign in Florida

[cali]

No, I'm not talking about this year- that's debatable, but Clinton is about as high profile as anyone could possibly be. She campaigned there in 1992 and 1996. She visited there as First Lady several ties. She was in the public eye constantly. If you don't think that these FACTS figure in to her win, you're not being honest.

[Clintonista2]

1. waah

[cali]

4. nope. not whining, little missy. I've posted several times tonight

congratulating her and her supporters. I'm setting the record straight. There are those Clinton supporters claiming that this was the most "pure" primary. Now I know facts aren't important to you, bitlir, but they are to some of us.

[mondo joe]

2. But she'd have a high profile everywhere else too.

And if everyone campaigns, she still starts with a higher profile.

Sometimes people just win races.

[babylonsister]

3. She has name recognition. Many Floridians are from NY, too, which

is where she's hung her hat for the past several years. And then there's Bill...
I think Obama did good considering.

[jackson_dem]

5. Obama cheated and ran ads there. He lost by 300,000 and counting. Accept it

[Endangered Specie]

6. Sacrebleu! thats not possible... the ALMIGHT PERFECT candidate

couldn't have! :sarcasm:

[elixir2]

7. It's called experience, something Obama doesn't have.

[Avalux]

8. LOL - campaigning for her husband is not experience for president.

Neither is lying for his indiscretions to advance his political career because she's equally power hungry.

[Lyric]

9. Of course people recognize her name.

She was the First Lady. It's common sense that people would know who she is.

But considering the MASSIVE amount of free "advertising" that both Clinton *and* Obama get by virtue of the constant mainstream media rehashing of every word they say/expression on their faces/handshake/tear/time spent in the bathroom, I'd say that "name recognition" was not really an important advantage for Clinton in Florida--at least not more so than Obama, if not poor ignored Edwards. Floridians don't live in a media vacuum. They know who both Clinton *and* Obama are. Ignoring those facts would also be dishonest.

Sometimes DU'ers forget that *we* are not representative of mainstream America. Just because DU has dubbed Obama the Golden Boy Of Liberalism and Clinton the Evil Corporate Drone, does not mean that "average" voters share those opinions. It amazes me sometimes that DU seems shocked when the prevailing opinion here and the actual result in real-life don't match up. DU is not America, folks. It should be (at least on the issues) but it just ain't so.

I'm actually glad DU isn't America when it comes to the candidates themselves. The ugliness and viciousness here aren't something I'd want to encounter daily in real life.

[Lucinda]

10. What...you don't think people watch tv in Florida?

I'm betting they've heard of JE. And since Obama has been running ads, I'm thinking they've heard of him too.

[Maven]

11. Well, it's too bad Floridians don't own TVs or computers or get newspapers

Oh, wait, they do have TVs--that's how they saw Obama's "technically legal" TV ads. And his overblown Kennedy endorsement media blitz. And the debates. And...