Maybe Sen. Hillary Clinton’s problem isn’t likability or campaign stumbles, just maybe the problem she suffers from is that she is dreadfully boring. I’ve been watching the campaign rallies on television and the web, she is awful. On top of that, her campaign trots out a roster of Clinton era retreads and 1990′s political figures.
Sen. Obama’s rallies, on the other hand, are wall to wall people, his stage is shared with campaign volunteers and supporters, and the guy is inspirational. When he comes to the Bay Area I would probably check him out. I found myself nodding in approval when he talked about President Kennedy and how the world would be different if Kennedy said we needed to be pragmatic and realistic about getting to the moon.
It’s nice to know that elections can’t simply be bought. It is somewhat discouraging to see that this election isn’t going to be about issues or policy proposals, but rather personality.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that Hillary Clinton’s national polling lead has collapsed. Before the Iowa caucuses, Clinton held a seventeen-point lead over Barack Obama. Today, that lead is down to four percentage points in a survey with a four-point margin of sampling error.