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June 07, 2008
Classy
Today the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination finally came to an end. Senator Hillary Clinton officially endorsed Barack Obama and began the healing process critical to Democrats' chances in taking back the White House in November.
Not surprsingly, Senator Clinton gave a gracious and classy speech to her supporters in Washginton. In what must have been a very painful task, Clinton rose to the occasion.
Clinton showed herself to be a formidable and resilient competitor during this nomination process. A poorly planned and executed early campaign nearly finished her off, but she rallied, finding her sea legs and finishing the primaries strong. Her supporters are understandably unhappy with the result, and while they have legitimate beefs with the media's treatment of their candidate, we don't think that's why she lost.
Clinton's team, in our judgment, simply misread the election. They chose a message of experience over change, and in assuming they would wrap the race up early, failed to plan for what happened if they didn't. Additionally, few could have imagined that Barack Obama would run the kind of campaign -- and raise the kind of money -- that he did. Thus, the race played out as it did.
Today, however is a time to thank Senator Hillary Clinton for running a good race and competing hard until the end. And we believe, perhaps contrary to conventional wisdom, that her hard-fought contest with Obama will actually help him in November. She made him tougher and better as a candidate, and prepared him well to battle John McCain in the fall.
So, one chapter of this extraordinary presidential race ends and another begins.
Posted by houtopia at June 7, 2008 03:19 PM