1.0 link 63078 <![CDATA[Obama Campaign Uses Fuzzy '04 Comparison To Downplay Hillary's Frontrunner Status]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/04/obama-campaign-uses-fuzzy_n_63078.html With Barack Obama currently trailing in national polls, his campaign today distributed an email to supporters emphasizing that "early polls don't mean a thing." To drive this point home, the email begins with a purported history lesson:

In mid-September 2003, national polls showed Joe Lieberman to be the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Then John Kerry won the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, and the shift in momentum carried him to a decisive victory.

The comparison attempts to...

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