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Mooney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 03:03 PM
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50. That's because the premise of the question is false.
The premise is that Hillary Clinton is a stronger candidate against McCain than Obama is. The OP is advancing this argument with the use of opinion polls, thereby implying that opinion polls constitute a more reliable forecast for the GE than votes cast or delegates won. This is the sole justification for the OP to characterize Obama as the "weaker" candidate. The OP is therefore implying that the primaries and caucuses held provide an inaccurate picture of Obama's strength as a general election candidate, but that opinion polls constitute the best, and only, accurate forecast.

This is a false premise. That's why you're not seeing a lot of answers. If the OP asked how Obama plans to win the election without the support of leprechauns, you wouldn't see a lot of responses to that either, because leprechauns don't exist, not because Obama supporters are too gobsmacked by the OP's argument to answer.

Sometimes, questions don't get answers because they're fallacious.
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