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Panic Time? more similar news »
First Read: "Losing as badly as she did in Wisconsin really puts Clinton’s campaign in as precarious of a position as it has ever been. The likelihood she can beat Obama as badly as she needs to in any remaining state -- let alone Ohio and Texas -- is very remote at this point. She no longer controls her own destiny, but now has to hope for an unforced error by Obama. And a big one. The good news for Clinton, the next six days provide two opportunities for unforced errors: debates. But how negative can Clinton go at this point? According to NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Newsweek's Howard Fineman, there's a divide inside the campaign about how negative to go. On one side is Mark Penn, who is ready to go all out (and who comes from the Bill Clinton school that there is no tomorrow, fight today); on the other is Mandy Grunwald and Howard Wolfson, who are worried about Clinton's legacy. After all, there has to be a point where Clinton says to herself, 'there might be a next time.' Isn't it possible Obama blows this as the nominee? And if so, who's going to be asked to pick up the pieces in 2009?"
Ron Fournier: "The Democratic nomination is now Barack Obama's to lose. After nine
consecutive defeats -- including a heartbreaker in tailor-made
Wisconsin on Tuesday -- Hillary Rodham Clinton can't win the nomination
unless Obama makes a major mistake or her allies reveal something
damaging about the Illinois senator's background. Don't count her out
quite yet, but Wisconsin revealed deep and destructive fractures in the
Clinton coalition. It's panic-button time.“
Wed Feb 20, 2008 more from this source»»
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The internet as a platform? Not as ISP bloodbath looms more similar news »
iPlayer the assassin
After 15 years of utopian gibberish about the "internet as a platform" that (of course) "changes everything", the pigeons are finally flying home to roost. In 2008, IP networks look less like the future of media, and more like tarpits that promise to bankrupt anyone who tries to run one. Especially the middlemen - as the distributors look like going to the wall first.…
Wed Feb 20, 2008 more from this source»»
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