Friday, May 16, 2008

Postmortem: What Went Wrong in Hillaryland?

Why did Hillary Clinton lose, with all the money, connections, and power she had coming into this primary?

Michelle Cottle of The New Republic interviews those who should know -- Clinton campaign staffers and volunteers:

Endings are rarely as joyous as beginnings--and in the case of a long, wearing, and ultimately disappointing campaign, they can be downright brutal. But they also have the potential to be educational, for participants and gawkers alike. So it is that we asked (begged, really) a range of Hillarylanders for their up-close and personal lists of "What Went Wrong?" Not everyone wanted to play. Many stubbornly pointed out that their candidate is not yet dead. But, on the condition of total anonymity, a fairly broad enough cross-section of her staff responded--more than a dozen members all told, from high-level advisors to grunt-level assistants, from money men to on-the-ground organizers.

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