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(I posted this as a reply in another thread but wanted to post it as an OP as well)
21.
That's the number of debates that have already happened.
4.
That's the number of head to head debates between Hillary and Obama.
Between 21 debates and six months of endless campaigning if you STILL don't know where these two candidates stand on the issues it's your fault for not paying attention to the previous debates.
Campaigning, at the end of the day, is 75% strategy, 25% issues. It would be foolish for Obama to go through with more debates at this point because all it can do is hurt him. There have already been an unprecedented number of debates in this primary. Hillary is trailing by a large margin in the amount of money she has on hand (even if she did raise 10 million yesterday, which I think is highly suspect). She can't afford to spend with Obama in any of the remaining states. Agreeing to more debates just gives Hillary free air time. If I were his campaign manager I would tell him he'd be crazy to engage in any more debates. It has nothing to do with "fear" of debating Hillary after the past several debates have changed little in terms of national and state level polling. It has to do with playing a smart strategy, which Obama has done consistently and Hillary, who was leading in national polling by as much as 30% six months ago has basically run a tired, old-style campaign which has taken her from easy front-runner to distant 2nd with no hope of catching up without a huge super-delegate swing.
Why is it that, at this 11th hour, debates have become the number on thing on Hillary's mind? Hell, I'd lose respect for Obama if he agreed to another debate after the hack job that happened in PA. Camp Hillary-biased sources are the only ones that didn't see that debate as a three person attack on Obama and NBC has been soundly criticized for the moderation of that hit-disguised-as-debate. Maybe we can have Rove-Scaiffe as our next moderators? They cry for more debates is just a cry of desperation from Camp Hillary and continues to show that her "kitchen sink" strategy has been a dismal failure as Obama continues to lead in Delegates, Popular vote and national polling.
Where were the cries from camp Hillary for MORE DEBATES OMG!!! before Super-Tuesday? It wasn't until Hillary fell behind that frequent debates became something Camp Hillary was interested in.
Let me say that a few more times, because it's important.
It wasn't until Hillary fell behind that frequent debates became something Camp Hillary was interested in. It wasn't until Hillary fell behind that frequent debates became something Camp Hillary was interested in. It wasn't until Hillary fell behind that frequent debates became something Camp Hillary was interested in.
Show me one, JUST ONE, instance where, before Super-Tuesday, Hillary was interested in more debates. Just show me one. Show me once where Hillary can be quoted in a major media outlet saying that she wanted more debates. I'm not talking about Hillary saying she'd agree to more debates, I want to see evidence of Hillary requesting more debates prior to falling behind in this campaign.
I'll wait.
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