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Originally Posted by Laerazi  One thing I don't understand is why people would uproar if Clinton won and not Obama, as though Obama has a clear win that would be taken from him. He's in the lead, yes, but not a significant one. |
The platform of the two candidates are very similar, but that is about the only thing similar between the two campaigns.
(I might piss off a Hillary supporter or two, but oh well.)
As I see it the biggest difference between the Hillary Campaign and the Obama campaign is that Hillary is running a Democratically-Partisan campaign and Obama is running a Post-Partisan campaign.
Hillary is running against Republicans, and Obama at his rallys openly talks about attracting Republicans to his campaign. It is a BIG difference.
It is why, even on this forum, so many folks say they will vote for Obama first but McCain rather than Hillary second. It is a completely different mindset than just Democrat vs Republican.
In Virginia tonight, 8% of the Democratic vote was from *registered* Republicans. ~70% of that went to Obama.
In light of Obamas successes, both Hillary and McCain recently have tried to boost their campaign speeches with more uplifting, patriotic, inspiriational themes, thinking this is where Obamas appeal comes from. What they do not realize however, is that it isn't the grandiose speech, but the post-partisanship that is so appealing. It is the respect for ideas he disagrees with, and the respect and even desire to include not just Democrats but as many Independents and Republicans as want to join as well.
Somewhere in this thread (and I apologize to the author for not remembering who), someone said something like "I see Hillary Clinton as just another Bush". The reason? The partisanship. The reason many Obama supporters would vote for McCain as a second choice? his maverick reputation for crossing party lines to get shit done.
People are tired as hell of the game - If they get rolled by that very same game they HATE by backroom deals....you are goddamn right a lot of them are gonna be disillusioned and not feel like voting for any of those bastards for quite a while afterward.