Hillary Clinton Is The Underdog? She trumpets she's raised 32 million last quater, had a 20 pt lead

[KittyWampus]

nationally, leads in super delegates. Has the built-in advantage of her husband.

And I've seen her tagged the "Underdog" several times today.

What the heck is up with that?

The fact that Obama has kept up with her delegate wise and closed the gap is nothing short of amazing. And yet some actually think of Hillary as the 'underdog'.

[AX10]

1. Obama has a lot of power on his side.

Hillary is the underdog by that measure.

[aquart]

2. It's all right, dear.

We'll let Obama play David to Hillary's Goliath. Anything so that he's not rude again.

[featherman]

3. No, but she did outraise Obama $27 mil to 23.5 last Q

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/02/hillary_outraises_obama_in_fou.php

But if your point is that Clinton is the leader and Obama the underdog, that's certainly true

[mitchum]

4. That's the narrative that the MSM has been shaping for the past couple of weeks...

call her "The Comeback Kidess"

[Dogmudgeon]

5. She's the only one having to answer questions

The press has been treating Obama with kid gloves and pounding Hillary like the red-headed stepchild of the proverb.

Why is this? Hillary had such a commanding lead. The press had to knock that down a bit, so they jumped on Hillary, and Bill as well. Obama only had to deal with Rezko, because somebody didn't get the memo. And how much traction did that get? It was derailed by "handshakegate".

The tactic worked. Obama is just a few points behind, and is likely to be at or above Hillary's position on Monday. Perfect execution! It will be a very close Super Tuesday, which guarantees that the primary season will continue and heat up. Then they will calibrate their coverage to keep the two neck-and-neck until the convention. It assures maximum ad revenue.

Clever, no? They are good at it. They messed up so badly in 2000 that they honed their skills. Now they can drive it with 3% accuracy.

--p!

[papau]

6. Well said - but there is also GE fear of Hillary - Kudlow's GOP CNBC show endorsed Obama - an

amazing discussion to day of how he is the free market capitalist that will be best for corporations and the rich.

Hillary is seen as anti-free markets, pro government control of corporations - therefore evil. Today's show and the 6 wealthy traders were interesting for the first time in months - if only for the Obama endorsement.

[Thrill]

7. Thats just her supporters lowering Expectations