http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/08/26/soapbox-hrc-at-the-dnc-%e2%80%94part-deux/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:50:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/08/26/soapbox-hrc-at-the-dnc-%e2%80%94part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-8446 max zimbert Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:53 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=3844#comment-8446 Great column - but to Terry McAuliffe's point: I dont think there's been a more brutal and at times - scorched earth - primary like this. Robert Kennedy and Gene McCarthy did not torch Johnson-Humphrey in '68 nor did Reagan hammer Ford in '76. What makes this primary different are the charges of sexism, racism, and white backlash that marred this year's primary. She can't sit out or pout-- what Ed Kennedy did in '80 -- and thankfully, she has not and will not. Great column – but to Terry McAuliffe’s point: I dont think there’s been a more brutal and at times – scorched earth – primary like this. Robert Kennedy and Gene McCarthy did not torch Johnson-Humphrey in ‘68 nor did Reagan hammer Ford in ‘76. What makes this primary different are the charges of sexism, racism, and white backlash that marred this year’s primary. She can’t sit out or pout– what Ed Kennedy did in ‘80 — and thankfully, she has not and will not.

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