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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
I think the Hillary had a lousy campaign is overselling it. Remember she has the record for most votes in a primary, and aside from Obama, its quite a gap to #2. Obama just beat her in the game. Any other candidate and 17mil+ primary voters easily takes it (Bill got a bit more than 10mil in 1992 for comparison).
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I'll admit I'm biased because I think Marc Penn is a human bad luck totem, but Hillary did really screw up by not paying enough attention to Iowa. Her third place finish there took the inevitability off her run. Then in NH and NV she won the vote, but came in second in delegates due to Obama's better planning.
She did better as the campaign went on, but they were flat-footed at the beginning and that ended up making all the difference in perception and momentum.