FLASHBACK: 10.17.07 Before ONE VOTE was cast Obama declared Hillary not inevitable!

How sweet this is, how sweet this is! Does anybody remember how many folks (including a number of DUers) considered Hillary's nomination a done deal?

Then Obama went on Jay Leno and said:

''Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare 'Mission Accomplished' a little too soon,'' Obama said, referring to President Bush's 2003 speech in which he stood beneath a banner with those words and declared the end of major combat in Iraq.

''When your name is Barack Obama, you're always the underdog,'' the senator quipped.

In an interview that ranged from serious to silly, the Democratic presidential candidate predicted that his wife, Michelle, could best former President Clinton in a debate. He also groused about Bush's Iran policy and fessed up to sloppy housekeeping.

''I admit that I am not always great about hanging up my clothes,'' Obama said.

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/609372,obama101807a.article

I posted about on 10.18.07 and it so much sweeter today than it was back in October.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3620904

running FROM history is not quite the same as running INTO history...

Is anyone surprised?

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/nation/ny-uscamp135684113may13,0,3666360.story

Hillary Rodham Clinton compared her underdog quest for the White House yesterday to John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign - while her top strategist likened Barack Obama's sky-high confidence to George W. Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" declaration.