Obama supporters - here's some candy for you!

[housewolf]

An excellent, moving article for Obama supporters - read the whole thing and smile

Hillary's Cards, Obama's Deal
By Mark Lazen - March 2, 2008, 11:55AM

Hillary Clinton is playing a hand dealt by Obama. And the dealer peeked.

Actually, he did more than peek. He laid out all the cards face up and selected the aces for himself. Aces like hope, freshness, change, and unity.

To Hillary he sent deuces and tres like competence, hard work, reliability and experience.

And now she's cornered. It's clear she's made the decision to play her hand to the hilt, raising the ante round by round. But if she thinks this can work, her naivete is stunning.

She should have cried foul the moment he took out the cards and with feathery touch sent them acrobatically arcing from one hand to the other. At the very least, she should have fought for a new deal like it was a matter of survival. Because it was.

Now it's too late. She has a losing hand. And the harder she plays it, the bigger she will lose.

much, much more...
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/hillarys-cards-obamas-deal.php

[jakem]

1. great article, and i love the conclusion!

"And on March 5th, she will have no choice but to fold."

[caseycoon]

7. K&R Thanks for posting this! n/t

[Cha]

9. Yeah!

"And in a crowning irony, her struggle for viability compels her to co-opt some of the most distasteful Republican talking points. She is playing the fear card, raising the spectre of the disaster that will ensue if we put an untested Commander in Chief in the White House. It's a cry that might serve to shave a percentage point of voters her way in a tight race, but it will never be heard above the roar of pounding feet as the mob rushes to Obama's banner.

With that play trumped, she is driven to go negative and attempt to sow doubt about the lesser man beneath the soaring rhetoric. Such a blatant appeal to cynicism certainly serves to clarify the stylistic gulf between the candidates. But not to her advantage.

Still, what other cards can she play at this point? If she had locked Bill in a closet in mid-January and remade her message from scratch, everyone would have thought her mad, but she might have a chance in the fight now. Instead she took the safe and ostensibly smart route. Since then she's been outfoxed, out-maneuvered, out-positioned, and just plain whupped. Now, the old expression about playing the hand you're dealt is the only one that applies.

And on March 5th, she will have no choice but to fold."

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Yummy . . . thanks!

[housewolf]

5. Welcome!

n/t

[NC_Nurse]

3. I LOVE this candy.

Thank you for the treat! I needed it. :hi:

[housewolf]

4. Me too!

I don't post a whole lot here but I do read a lot and boy, after reading in GD:P this moring, I LOVED reading this article.

Thanks for your post.

[Straight Shooter]

6. On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere ...

That's America.

[NorthernSpy]

8. interesting article...

:thumbsup: