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Most people didn't know who Bill Clinton was in 1989 and those who did probably knew him from his incredibly long-winded keynote address at the 1988 Convention.
This is true. However, Clinton's victory in 1992 had a great deal to do with President Bush defeating himself. We saw how the GOP attack machine worked and it had something real to work with. Of course, when they don't have something real to work with, they'll just make it up.
The point is, name recognition, especially at this early stage, doesn't count for much. If it did, Joe Lieberman would have swept the 2004 primaries.
I'm not going to disagree with the first sentence. However, the 2004 Democratic primaries were won by a man of whom I have been aware much longer than I have been aware of Mr. Lieberman.
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