Reply #58: I agree with you 100% that will be the narrative [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

And frankly that's the danger with expectations. Hillary sold herself as inevitable and did so partly based on her early poll numbers on February 5th states, particularly California.

I remember for quite some time back (before Iowa), many DUers were speculating that the race would tighten after Iowa to how the race tightened in 2004 after the inevitable frontrunner Dean lost Iowa. We were mocked by Hillary supporters saying that it was completely different because Dean never broke 40% in the national polls and didn't have the substantial lead in the other states like Hillary does. Hillary was inevitable and there was absolutely no chance that Obama could catch up even if he did win Iowa.

The fact is that after Iowa when Obama started campaigning in other states, the race tightened drastically and the more people got to know Obama the more they started to like him. Hillary made the mistake of setting her expectations far too high by declaring herself inevitable and now Obama just has to come out even on Super Tuesday to make it a win.