Two Other Things The Powerpoint Leaves Out
by
dsimon
05/09/2008, 11:04 PM #
The first thing the powerpoint presentation leaves out is the logical flaw in assuming that just because some voters prefer Clinton over Obama, those voters won't prefer Obama over McCain. That's simply an unwarranted inference, one the Clinton campaign has made over and over again in wrongly extrapolating primary results to the general election.
The second thing it leaves out is that, to my understanding, the representatives in NY-24 and NY-19 are not that endangered. Though they should be targeted races, Republicans have had a tough time recruiting top-tier candidates to run in either of them. (The webside opensecrets.com, which tracks candidate fundraising, shows no one raising money so far to oppose Arcuri in NY-24.) Those two districts make me wonder whether the others would truly need Clinton at the top of the ticket to make the difference between losing a seat and keeping it.