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Short version of the campaign

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor May 1, 2008 06:49 PM

The folks at Slate, the online political magazine, have managed to boil down the endless Democratic nomination fight into a seven-minute video.

It starts with the full slate of candidates and their messages, and ends with Barack Obama repudiating his former pastor this week, and still in pole position. (This blog even appears fleetingly, about the resignation of Hillary Clinton's co-chairman in New Hampshire after he talked to Obama's youthful experimentation with drugs.)

For those who haven't been paying close attention, it's a relatively quick tour of the high, and low, points. For political junkies and partisans, it's a nostalgic trip. And for those covering the campaign, it's an exhausting reminder of how long the race has gone.

And, in all likelihood, there's still at least five weeks to go.

2 comments so far...
  1. The Wright controversy hurt Obama ... the Clinton fraud case may really damage Queen Hillary ... so it looks like we are in for four more repulican years.

    Posted by Faddy May 1, 08 09:54 PM
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  1. I am taking bets as to what Hillary will come up with to get votes in Kentucky..... It will be interesting. She has pretty much used up everything including amending the Constitution to allow Guam to vote in the general election. She is testing that theory to see if it is popular and then she will promise the same to Puerto Rico. Since low level voters in Indiana don't read, They will never know what a bad idea this gas tax holiday is. We have seen how Hillary intends to fight. A lot like George Bush.
    It scares me that so many Republicans including Conservative media is pushing so hard for Hillary to win the primary.
    "She will be the best candidate to face McCain in November" they shout. If you believe that I have a piece of swamp land to sell you.

    Posted by Ron May 4, 08 07:19 PM
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