One NH female Clinton voter's message for Obama: I think you'll win

[BeyondGeography]

but a tough race will be good for you...pretty strategic thinking here:

Message for Obama

Derrick Z. Jackson
The Boston Globe

MY last column ended with Laurie Sailer telling me Monday night she was deadlocked between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. In an iconoclastic New Hampshire act, she voted for Clinton. It was less a vote for Clinton than a message for Obama.

"I think Obama is going to win and I think he'll be fine," Sailer, the 43-year-old power grid engineer from Kensington, said midday after voting yesterday. "But I want him to be competitive. I don't want him to run away with it. I wanted to keep it under 10 points. I want him to be forced more to stand up and be accountable and be held to a higher scrutiny.

"Obama is an unbelievable speaker . But the country can't be led by a good speech. I'd like to see him do what Hillary did when I saw her and answer questions for an hour and a half. He has the drive to lead this country. He's fresh without the baggage of Hillary. I think he has the ability to be president. But I want him to get deeper."

Sailer's decision may not have been typical, but nonetheless was part of Clintoin reclaiming the women's vote yesterday. In Iowa, Obama won the women's vote 35 to 30 percent. Last night, according to an NBC exit poll, Clinton won the women's vote 47 to 34 percent...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/01/09/message_for_obama/

[TwilightGardener]

1. That's a pretty stupid message. He will most likely not win now.

And he's answered SHITLOADS of questions at town-hall meetings. I hope she's happy with the end results of her mistaken impression and her game-playing with her vote.

[BeyondGeography]

3. She's not totally wrong about the value of a tough race

but, as you point out, she is mistaken about the absence of scrutiny.

Part of that is probably because New Hampshire turned into a series of boffo, breathtaking speeches in front of huge crowds, and that led some to conclude Obama doesn't have the total package yet. In fact, Obama is that rare bird who can be wonky and inspirational. He should have taken questions at those rallies. The media were picking up on that and comparing it with Clinton's behavior as a frontrunner.

Her comments also dovetail with the exit polling on electability. Obama had a 46-36 edge there, some of it coming from female Clinton voters like this one.

[gaiilonfong]

4. That IDIOT MEGALOMANIAC Bill Clinton

was spreading that crap around,that Obama hasn't been vetted because he wants another term in the WH .
GO AWAY BILL AND STFU
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[Frances]

2. Sailer's thinking is like my own

I don't want anyone to get the Dem nomination in a cake walk. I want the person to earn it.

Obama, Hillary, and Edwards are all excellent candidates. But they need to earn the nomination.