Clyburn: Momentum Key In South Carolina Race
Chris Cillizza & Dan Balz at the WASHINGTON POST
Interesting article that gives an insight about how politicians think and about how their experience teaches them voters react to certain events within a campaign.
Talking about the horse race between Clinton and Obama, Clyburn, who is the House Majority Whip, commented, “If one of these top two faltered, finished third or fourth in Iowa, it would be a different ballgame.”
The writers went on to say, “During the course of the twenty minute sitdown, Clyburn made it clear that he was reluctant to endorse any candidate prior to the Iowa caucuses, citing his experience in 2004.”
Clyburn said, “I was with (former Missouri Rep. Dick) Gephardt four years ago and I thought we had it all setup for him in South Carolina.” (After a poor showing in Iowa, Gephardt dropped his candidacy.)
Although MR is not currently polling well in SC, I think it is encouraging to remember that the voters will be watching the early primaries and that experience teaches us that a series of early wins/strong showings can easily create the “bandwagon effect” that we are looking for to carry MR to the White House.
~~John Cronin~~
