2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Super delegates have worked for the Dems in the past. Why all of a sudden the move to get rid [View all]uponit7771
(90,301 posts)My Counter on point one
1. Clinton HERSELF had the personal connections and THAT was her edge, she did NOT have the connections via proxy... SHE knew the people to directly go to for whatever in Washington HERSELF. She had the relationships... NOT HER crew. Obama not having the connections and relationships IS NOT ... IS NOT a political advantage seeing at best we can agree that he was nearly dependent 100% on other people... Clinton did NOT have this obstacle
2. All the points with "connections" are anecdotal at best, there's NOTHING empirical about them the one thing is empirical is that she had WAY more time and experience with Washington. Who Obama's staff knew vs who she knew can NOT be proven, what can be proven is the number of years relative to WH and Washington people HERSELF.
My Counter on point two " turned Obama's skin color into a plus... "
1. Red Herring, what his skin color was turned INTO isn't the issue, THAT it was a political liability AT ALL is the issue. Your counter point intimates at least a minimal amount of agreement on the fact that it WAS... WAS a political liability in ANY DEGREE seeing it had to be "turned"... whatsoever.
Obama had more obstacles on the way to the white house .... and ... and started out with the SD's against him