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Originally Posted by punky
True, but Hillary is almost a shell of herself. I don't think she has the strength to continue whether she wants to or not. The pre-election campaign has been so fierce. She's given it her all, but lately its really affected her. During her last appearance, her voice was broken, her face was drawn. Obama doesn't look the slightest bit different. He might as well come off his holidays for all we could tell. His youth has had a big impact on the campaign.
Even if Hillary doesn't concede and I don't think people could see her even making it to the next election as a credible threat to anyone. Now is the start of the election campaign, not the end. If she is to fight on she's still got a long way yet. I think her tiredness will leave impressions on people's minds. McCain is very much rested and will be a formidable opposition.
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Clinton did have a harder job than Obama after Super Tuesday, She had bet on winning the nomination then and her campaign ran out of money and steam. She has had to work much harder than Obama and has had to deal with a lot more stress. Especially after she won PA and was trying to find ways to get the nomination.
That said Obama certainly had a advantage, He seems young, fit, energetic, everything that looks good for a presidential candidate. A perfect contrast to McCain who seems old, has health risks, lacks the energy and charisma that Obama shows. Not sure if it’s intentional, but he seems a great candidate for the Democrats because he does appear different and if the ‘change’ thing plays as importantly as polls suggest he may be nearly unstoppable.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out, If McCain’s age becomes an Issue both in terms of electability but also his campaign and if it suffers as a result. He does not want to be looking tired come late October and may well do after 3 months of intense campaigning.
I think Obama will properly win. Race issues aside, I think the polls are a dead heat (although Obama has a 60 vote lead in the electoral college, according to some polls) but as the campaign continues Obama will do better than McCain. Especially if the Clinton camp does rally behind him.