Pajamas Media coverage of Super Tuesday numero dos
Bill Bradley is once again on the front lines covering the primaries today in Vermont, Rhode Island, and more importantly, Texas and Ohio. Since the Republican race is all but decided, the main focus will be on the Democratic race, and boy, will it be and interesting one. With Clinton seemingly gaining some last minute support, here are some factors that may have contributed to that:
First, they attempted to adjust expectations further downward, as discussed. The media seems happy to again accommodate, as it thrives on continued conflict.
Then they decided to run against Obama by citing Hillary’s supposed superiority in a national security crisis, running an ad all across Texas called “3 AM.”
Next, run against the press. All last year, the press touted Hillary’s “inevitability,” calling her extremely well-prepared to be president, with a great campaign, ignoring significant mistakes by the candidate such as her misunderstanding the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. Now the line is that she is losing because the press is against her.
Then, deal with the complications of Texas, in which two-thirds of the delegates are chosen in a primary she might win, and one-third are chosen in caucuses that night which she may well lose even if she wins the primary. How to deal with it? By making the process sound mysterious and unfair, though it’s been in place for decades, by threatening to sue the Texas Democratic Party to stall reporting of results (that didn’t work), and by instructing supporters to arrive very early at their precinct caucuses and get themselves elected as recorders of the results.
Finally, don’t quite deny the rumor that Obama is secretly a Muslim, a little move Clinton added in her 60 Minutes appearance Sunday night.
Plus, as Bradley points out later, you have Limbaugh listeners crossing over the line to support Hillary to ensure she stays in the race. Combine all that and you got the makings of a pretty interesting day. I just can’t wait for the primary results to come in tonight.
