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Doomed

The Wisconsin primary, which we thought to be a pivotal point for Sen. Clinton's campaign, has come and gone, and with it Sen. Clinton's hopes for the Presidency. She lost... badly... to Sen. Obama: 41-58%. In a state that was only a short while ago strongly in her column, Sen. Clinton lost even her most powerful constituency: white, female voters. As we said two weeks ago, when historians look back at this year's campaign and write about when it was that Sen. Clinton began to lose control of what seemed to have been her nomination to lose, they will point to those speeches given by her husband, former President Clinton, when he became angry with questions directed at both him and her. His facade of a graceful but invincible political manner fell apart, and with his, hers. When she lost the primaries in the next several days, the image of the Clinton's as invincible crumbled, and those within the Democratic Party who had been fearful of crossing the Clintons lost that fear. One by one the party regulars jumped ship. Her campaign funding fell. She had to lend her own money to her campaign; she re-shuffled her staff, and the rest is history. As we say here in the South, one can call in the dogs 'cause this hunt is over. Sen. Obama will win the nomination, and he may well "win out" the remaining primaries. Certainly we'd not be surprised if he were to do so.
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-Dennis Garthman/The Gartman Letter/ 02 20 08

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