Reply #24: Parody aside, I agree with almost all you say here [View All]

[Tom Rinaldo]

I think the claim of Hillary's name recognition in Florida advantage gets overplayed - Obama has gotten media rock star treatment for a year and a half now, and much of what people have "heard" about Hillary over the years was right wing attack propaganda launched against her.

The question of not knowing how live campaigning could have effected the results is a very valid one. But I will add that the states where retail campaigning makes the most difference are almost completely behind us now. In large states like Florida and California and New York and Illinois and Missouri, media ads are much more important - and even without arguing over whether any foul was involved, only Obama ran media ads that could be seen by Floridians on TV.