Wednesday Jan 9th 2008
Coming back in New Hampshire
Well, 5 days is a long time in American politics.
When I turned CNN off at 3.30 a.m. this morning, the final New Hampshire poll suggested that Senator Barack Obama had a double digit lead over Hillary Clinton. All day Monday the broadcast media aired segments highlighting the size of Obama crowds at varied events, pundits of all political complexions were noting the unique enthusiasm for the Illinois Senator and following - as they so often do - the front page of the NY Times querying whether or not Bill Clinton’s stump magic had finally dissipated. Talk shows speculated about “the end of an era” and “the passing of a torch.” “Panic” was the NY Post headline running over Mrs Clinton’s photo this morning.
24 hours later it is amusing to see the media scrambling to explain another improbable, unpredictable Clinton turn around.
Americans love comebacks but this Clinton victory has surprised most people.
How did she do it? It’s still too early to tell exactly.
Albert | 10:56am |
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