tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post4335486079033118642..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Is Clinton Back? Delegates, delegates, delegatesJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-38150134964173906012008-03-05T13:59:00.000-05:002008-03-05T13:59:00.000-05:00I think there will be plenty of time to fully scru...I think there will be plenty of time to fully scrutinize both candidates before PA. But if the Clinton team just threw the kitchen sink at Obama, they may not have much left. For Clinton though, as you say, there is a lot out there. <BR/><BR/>The DNC is going to have to intervene in some way, albeit in the background. They can't let the negativity persist for seven weeks and beyond. The superdelegates are back in the picture (not that they ever left) and I think their primary, from March 12 to April 21, will be the most crucial. The DNC may put pressure on the undecided superdelegates from states that have already conducted contests to make a decision. I'm grasping at straws here, but you have got to think the national party wants to avoid a seven week slugfest.<BR/><BR/>The trick is trying to pull that off without appearing to be meddling in the process. And that ain't easy.Josh Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-38848669121406228372008-03-05T11:39:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:39:00.000-05:00On the other hand (I'm one of those two-handed sci...On the other hand (I'm one of those two-handed scientists Muskie used to complain about), the media will start directing their focus back on Hillary. Things like her tax returns, her White House notes, her problems with financiers and other miscelaneous things that were irrelevant when she was losing will now come back to the forefront. Some commentators this morning were pointing out that we are 8 weeks past Iowa and 7 weeks before Pennsylvania. Much can happen between now and then. Chuck Todd (MSNBC) made an interesting point this morning that the way the race will not be over until one of the candidates wins on the other's turf (e.g. Obama wins in PA or Clinton wins in NC). Absent that it will all come down to the superdelegates.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.com