Reply #13: This is really quite extraordinary [View All]

[Tropics_Dude83]

This race has defied history in so many ways. No dominant frontrunner the way Senator Clinton was has ever won New Hampshire and then gone onto lose a national poll lead after that. Conversely, Obama's stunning win in Iowa should have given him a substantial New Hampshire victory. It didn't!

After Obama lost New Hampshire, Senator Clinton should have coasted to the nomination. I will never understand ever why President Clinton went nuclear in Nevada and South Carolina. She would have won Nevada and come close in S.C. if he had just kept quiet. His finger wagging red-faced fury at that Nevada reporter was the turning point when Senator Clinton lost the voice that New Hampshire had given her. Her husband stole it. Does anybody have any clue why?

Can you imagine if Clinton hadn't gone nuclear in Nevada or South Carolina and she had won the Nevada caucuses even with the powerful culinary union against her? Can you imagine if Bill hadn't said some of the stuff he did in South Carolina that so infuriated Senator Kennedy and helped lead to his endorsement of Obama, which was a critical turning point in this race. Again, I'm speehless. We can all agree she would have won Nevada without Bill's help right and she certainly wouldn't have lost 90% of the black vote if her husband had kept quiet in S.C.

What's even more remarkable is that Senator Clinton lead this race like 50-23 in December according to Gallup and she was one of the most formidable frontrunners of all time. Now, that has collapsed.

For political junkies, this race will need to be analyzed for a long time. Also, this is the 2nd cycle in a row now where the democratic frontrunner has run into such huge trouble once the actual voting starts,