Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Campaign Managers: Florida, Rev. Wright, The Economy, Palin, Iowa

THIS IS FOR THE POLITICAL JUNKIES (LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE). YOU WILL LOVE THIS! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS AIRS ON C-SPAN. . .

FROM MARC AMBINDER'S BLOG.
11 Dec 2008 08:57 pm

At Harvard's Institute of Politics tonight, David Plouffe, David Axelrod, the winners, and Rick Davis and Bill McInturff, not the winners, met on somewhat neutral territory to exchange war stories and engage in a series of fascinating counterfactuals meant to help the Kennedy School of Government draft a bit of story.

For example: Plouffe acknowledged that if Florida had kept its delegates and its January date on the Democratic nomination calendar, Obama might not have won the nomination. "Florida was concerning to us. If that Florida primary, coming three days after South Carolina, it might have mitigated all of South Carolina, and, in fact, we might not be the nominee."

READ THE REST HERE: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/the_campaign_managers_florida.php#more

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