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My memory is hazy. Was the Dean campaign as pathetic during its "implosion" stage as the Clinton campaign has behaved the last week or two?

I'm trying to figure out if this is normal behavior for a desperate campaign or if the Clintons are reaching new heights of idiocy.

I phone banked for Obama in WI tonight, and I had seven Obama supporters to two undecideds (aka Clinton supporters too nice to hurt my feelings), 10 phone messages, and 23 wrong number/do not answer (is it common for campaigns to have such a high number of bad numbers).

Obama has lost Democratic voters overall by more than 1/2 million votes, but he still leads in the popular vote because of Republicans and independents and both have a history of participating in the Wisconsin primary.  

If there was a trend in the same poll, that would mean something.

I expect her to win the primary here but, with the weird evening caucuses on election day, an 8% win in the primary could result in a 5-6 delegate loss.

Otherwise you're right about the language.

But I never liked Clintonista either.  You know?  When I made a comment about that, I was told by your OBAMA SUPPORTERS that I was being a crybaby.

Maybe I was being just that.

Of course anything can happen but I think Hillary Clinton stopped Barack Obama for good tonight. I know a lot of bloggers and the Media will go on and on about delegate counts but the point is Obama had his fair shot and he did not deliver today. I do not think he will have another one.

most people here think that because Hillary Clinton accused Obama of plagiarism, his campaign is going to implode.

Is a rather gross misrepresentation.

What I saw was that most think it is something not easily dismissed. It calls his character, integrity and authenticity into question. It could make people wonder what else about him is phony and borrowed. It is something the media could get behind because it is easily communicated and clear and the media is sensitive about plagiarism. And the "creative class" that O is supposed to be so attractive to does not admire or appreciate plagiarism. Everything he says from here on out could be examined more closely than it has been in the past.

But roads still are awful from the storm, and we're all spending a lot of time still digging out, so that could curtail crowds.  It's just wearying here.

As for tomorrow -- I head to the polls in the morning with my progeny for another one of our favorite family moments (yes, we always vote together, I've taken them to the polls with me for decades; the difference is that now they go in their own polling booths).  I'll see what the count is then and try to get a sense of turnout there, in the Congressional district most likely to go for Obama (the one with most AAs in the state).

And he reports an SRO crowd of 5,000 jammed Clinton's last stop tonight, in Madison.  I didn't expect that turnout in Dane County, called here for Obama for weeks now, especially since the governor's endorsement. On the other hand, three very respected women based in Madison endorsed Clinton -- Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, and Dane County executive Kathleen Falk.  This is not a state that elects women, until lately, when Baldwin became the first woman ever in Congress from Wisconsin, Lawton became the first elected woman lieutenant governor, and Falk was the first woman ever on a major-party ticket for governor in this state.  

Those races energized women in Wisconsin immensely.  Maybe this one is doing so, too.

1. it will collapse under its own weight, and become meaningless in the conversation (in some ways it already has this election cycle), although a significant number of journalists check it out to get the "left perspective" on things (although that is probably not the best place for that, and I suspect has skewed some reports)

2. it will remain status quo (basis now) and get surpassed by some new young exciting web community (in some ways this is already happening too)

The general population is not in the same head-space as the Republican party. The people really do want a president who can do more than command the military.