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1. She assumed it was going to be a cakewalk. She knew Gravel was a nut, that Dennis had no real base, and that the corporatocracy would marginalize Edwards. This led her to #2.

2. She completely misread Obama and assumed he would get a few votes, get some name recognition, and then go to the back of the line to wait his turn.

3. She was running in the last election -- the same as generals fail by fighting the last war. The mood of the country had changed and she didn't account for that. Nor did she know how to counter it.

4. As many people have said, she had no plan after Super Tuesday. Instead of pushing a positive message forward, she began to go negative, to mock Obama and his supporters. For me, the tide turned the day she pulled the "The skies will open and heavenly choirs will sing..." crap. That was a slap in the face to millions of people who were getting energized. Instead of trying to get those people over to her side, she belittled them and mocked them in public. Big mistake. That was the day I started leaning more to Obama. I knew then that she had nothing left.

5. She tried to appropriate the "change" meme, but turned it on its head by surrounding herself with the very people that voters wanted a change from, Penn, Carville, etc. They've been around for decades, like cockroaches in the woodwork. Signing them on didn't help.