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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho
I wasn't talking about the job, Jon, I was talking about the race. For the purpose of actually winning the race, Obama was a considerably better candidate than Kerry or Gore. Or, for that matter, McCain.
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Well there's the race card that guaranteed him a block of votes, I'll give you that one. He seems to have a knack for connecting to the terminally naive, which sure doesn't hurt anyone regardless of party when it comes to getting votes. Otherwise, getting someone with no qualifications into the job actually strikes me as one of the greatest political machinery success in 200+ years. And I say that with admiration, not as criticism.
His primary takedown of Hilary is something that I marvel at, although in fairness I'm not sure how much was good work from his side versus a terrible effort from her side. Still, I'll likely always be impressed by the success they had for whatever reason.