2/23 Colbert I. King

Hillary Clinton underestimated Obama’s ability to draw black votes. Now, she is condescendingly crediting his skin color for this ability.

 2/23 Wrap

 Notice this quote: “The Clintons are constitutionally unable to accept the possibility that he (Obama) could be viewed more favorably or thought to be more capable of uniting and leading the country than Hillary.”

 Many pundits are blaming a Clintonesque arrogance for Hillary’s fall in the polls. Is this so? I have no clue, but this smacks of that old pundit obsession with personality attributions. Gore and Kerry lose due to effeteness, Dean due to weirdness, and now Clinton is felled by entitledness. Though the pundits are obsessed with horserace politics (as opposed to what politics impacts the lives of people), the main pontificators seem to seize upon the simplest and most subjective of answers. 

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