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DrFunkenstein
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Mon Jan-28-08 12:38 PM
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Keep in mind that Clinton - ever the hard-headed pragmatist - waited until Obama and Edwards put out their health care programs and then basically cherry-picked the two. Her environmental/energy platform is basically Obama-lite (compare them if you don't believe me).
Hillary is about winning campaigns and has legislated as such. Obama is about framing the issues successfully to create a public mandate and the goodwill in Congress needed to pass major reforms. That's not starry eyed MTV celebrity. That is a real and extremely useful talent for furthering. Even Clinton didn't have Obama's mojo, and had to rely on the triangulating strategy championed by Hillary and pilloried by the progressive movement.
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