dailykoff
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:26 AM
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1960: Adlai rallies, vows to take hopeless fight to convention. |
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Aging insider Adlai Stevenson, backed by party stalwarts like Eleanor Roosevelt, took his primary fight against upstart John Kennedy all the way to a bitter and bruising convention fight in Los Angeles.
Anyone remember how that one turned out? :hi:
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:27 AM
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1. In all fairness, Hillary has not lost two consecutive general elections. |
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:32 AM
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3. No, but she lost a dozen state primaries |
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Edited on Wed Mar-05-08 02:33 AM by dailykoff
so I think she can go toe to toe with Adlai.
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:28 AM
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2. looks like a repeat. Aging insider = Hillary |
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:36 AM
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4. Don't forget: Kennedy also lost OH in the primaries. |
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:39 AM
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6. You wouldn't know it from tonight's spin. |
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Good ol' Ohio. Thanks for that! :thumbsup:
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:38 AM
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5. I remember: The Democrats won the GE! |
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Then the Republicans arranged to kill the winner, three years later...
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:41 AM
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That's what my folks told me one of the slogans back then was.
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Wed Mar-05-08 02:43 AM
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Another candidate from a town called Hopeless. :rofl:
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