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"This Was an Ambush"

By wt

Hillary's final Florida spin:

Hillary Clinton won a significant victory today in the Florida primary with the biggest turnout in Florida Democratic primary history.

She will end up with more votes than John McCain, the winner of the Republican primary. And Floridians cast more votes than were cast in Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, and New Hampshire combined.

A large, broad, and diverse group of voters came out and voted for Hillary in Florida. She won women, men, and just about every age category. She won 6 in 10 Latinos and nearly 3 in 10 African American voters.

The vote turned out to be far more than symbolic. Well over 1.5 million Democrats cast their ballots, more than twice the number of voters who came out to vote in the 2004 primary.

Most of the voters in Florida fully expect that their votes will not be wasted again -- they expect to have a voice at the convention, and Hillary has asked her delegates to support their being seated.

Wow. It's going to be tough not to seat the Florida delegates if Hillary is amping up with that kind of rhetoric, hearkening back to 2000.

Bill Bennett on CNN last night complimented Senator Obama on being smart enough and talented enough to be President. But he wasn't sure if he's "tough enough."

His reason -- Hillary's Florida spin "was an ambush" that Obama should have seen coming.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).