Legal Commentary

Living In The Past

By Big Tent Democrat

In arguing against a Unity ticket, Mark Schmitt writes:

[Clinton] still suffers under the reputation, developed during the 1990s, that she is some sort of quasi-socialist. That's the worst possible combination: perceived as more liberal than she actually is, while being demonstrably more conservative only on less popular points.

That simply is no longer the case. Schmitt wants to continue to believe that Obama is still seen as some moderate unifying figure and Clinton as some liberal demon. The reverse is fast becoming the perception. Obama supporters do not realize the danger zone Obama is in now. They continue to play ostrich. Time to wake up. We're not in Iowa anymore.

As for his other arguments on the Unity Ticket idea, I find them very weak. A surprisingly poor effort from the usually sharp Mark Schmitt.

By Big Tent Democrat

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 09, 2008 (boomark / email).