Going into the last ten States, the underlying & critical question in many Democrats’ mind will be: Who can win against McCain? Their decision on whom to choose will be based on win-ability.

In a hypothetical Match-Up Poll in late February conducted by Associated Press, Obama had 51% against McCain’s 41%, while Clinton was 48% vs McCain’s 43%. In the week before, the Pennsylvania primary, both Democrats’ win-ability had gone down: Obama was even with McCain at 45%, while Clinton’s lead over McCain dipped to 48% vs 45%.

The exchange of barbs between the 2 Democrat presidentiables is not doing any good to the win-ability index of the Democrats, even down to the congressional seats.

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After months of campaigning, both Obama and Clinton have convinced enough delegates of their capabilities to run the country. The New York Times estimates (based on pledged delegates, projections from nonbinding contests, and a survey of superdelegates) that, as of 18 April, Obama has 1635.5 (or 80.8% of the 2025 needed), while Clinton has 1474.5 (or 72.8% of the 2025 needed).

Going into the last ten States, the underlying & critical question in many Democrats’ mind will be: Who can win against McCain? Their decision on whom to choose will be based on win-ability.

Darlene McDaniel of Interview Chatter has another approach:

I believe we get to hire the next President of the United States. So as the hiring manager for this very important job, I thought I would ask a question . . . What would you like to ask one of the presidential candidates, that would help you determine that they are the best candidate for the job? Remember your vote matters, this is about your one opportunity to interview this candidate. You get one question, what would that question be? (http://www.interviewchatter.com/political-chat-at-interview-chatter/)

More on what is happening in politics in Thursday Bram’s One Vote Matters.

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