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Mon Feb-04-08 01:07 AM
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Would Obama have run for the Presidency had Hillary not run? |
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Mon Feb-04-08 01:08 AM
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1. Um... he started running before Hillary did. |
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Mon Feb-04-08 01:10 AM
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2. She announced in Jan, he announced in Feb. |
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Mon Feb-04-08 01:15 AM
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3. Actually, that was just when she announced she was forming an exploratory committee. |
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And word is that she did not want to announce until the Summer, but had to get in early because Obama was going to announce.
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Mon Feb-04-08 01:16 AM
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5. I think it's obvious Obama knew she was going to run so took the political opportunity. |
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This is why I believe she was upset with him in the Senate after he did actually announce, because she knew that by running he would essentially make her run a shitload harder to win.
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Mon Feb-04-08 01:15 AM
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4. Why not? Personally I think he decided to run from all of the support he saw he had for it |
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If you get a once in a lifetime opportunity to run for president , with the ability to actually have a decent amount of support in the primaries, then why not take it?
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:21 AM
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7. He saw it was his moment. |
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I don't think he had a choice, in a way. His message was resonating with people at this moment in history. If he waited 4 or 8 years, his window most likely would have passed him by. He recognized that something big was coming together around him and he took a chance on it.
I think Hillary was probably the biggest thing standing in the way of his running, so he almost certainly would have run if she hadn't.
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