Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Bill Clinton vs. Obama In South Carolina Primary- The Most Cynical Game?
Dick Morris wrote a very interesting piece on a possible Clinton strategy in South Carolina- Send Bill out to campaign with the Black community, knowing full well that he and Hillary will lose the state due largely to Black voters backing Obama.
At that point, what they will have done is draw attention to race in a way that Obama himself has studiously avoided, and to great advantage. The theory goes that White voters, seeing Black voters vote as a bloc, will then break towards Hillary on Super-Duper Tuesday.
It's about the most cynical us-v-them maneuver possible, and is really depressing to watch.
Is it really the plan? Well, all the evidence sure does seem to play that way. And, of course, it fits the Machination Machine profile. And Morris used to mastermind just this sort of thing, for just this pair of candidates.
On the flip side, Morris says a lot of things, for a lot of reasons.
Still...
At that point, what they will have done is draw attention to race in a way that Obama himself has studiously avoided, and to great advantage. The theory goes that White voters, seeing Black voters vote as a bloc, will then break towards Hillary on Super-Duper Tuesday.
It's about the most cynical us-v-them maneuver possible, and is really depressing to watch.
Is it really the plan? Well, all the evidence sure does seem to play that way. And, of course, it fits the Machination Machine profile. And Morris used to mastermind just this sort of thing, for just this pair of candidates.
On the flip side, Morris says a lot of things, for a lot of reasons.
Still...
# posted @ 9:42 PM 
