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Old 05-08-2008, 04:32 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bafflemeant View Post
It's not surprising that people like Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi 'defected' to the Obama camp. Think of it this way--if you were a senior democratic politician, who would you rather have as president: a highly charismatic political naif who might be very susceptible to your influence, or a headstrong, established, manipulative and disliked but capable politician like Clinton?
Well to be fair it's also just because he is the more popular candidate with a better political future ahead of him. Nothing fancy behind bandwagonning.
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