Late Deciders For HRC
If there's any lingering question that Hillary Clinton's strategy of going hard negative -- Tony Rezko, Austan Goolsbee, 3 a.m. spot -- on Barack Obama over the last week worked, check out these exits:
In OH, nearly a third of voters (three in 10) said they decided sometime over the last week whom they would back. Among those who made their choice yesterday, 54% went for Clinton, compared with 43% for Obama. OH voters who picked a candidate over the last three days, meanwhile, also broke for HRC, 63% to 37%. And OH voters who said they made up their minds during the last week leaned Clinton, 54% to 43% for Obama.
Similarly in TX, three in 10 voters indicated that they settled on a candidate over the last week. Those TXans who decided yesterday went 56% to 43% for Clinton. Voters who picked a Dem over the last three days went 67% for HRC, 33% for Obama. And TX voters who said they made up their minds during the last week leaned Clinton, too, 58% to 40% for Obama.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Gosh, for anyone thinking Clinton went "negative" in the last few days... I'm just going to say you haven't been in politics for very long.
Here's what I saw in the last few days that might explain her wins:
(1) the phone ad asking a general election question
(2) the economy ad
(3) the no-committee-meetings-on-Afghanistan ad, featuring Obama's own words
(4) the Jack Nicholson ad, which gave cool white guys a chance to hang out with the world's coolest white guy
(5) Obama getting caught misrepresenting a Canadian meeting
(6) the beginning of a trial for a friend of Obama, that Clinton has nothing to do with
(7) an engaging SNL appearance
(8) an engaging Daily Show appearance
(9) Gov Strickland, Henry Cisneros, and Stephanie Tubbs
(10) Obama getting peeved because he had to answer 8 questions from his media worshippers
(11) Clinton working her heart out, day in and day out, for every vote.
I didn't see anything negative.
What did you see?