After her victories on Tuesday in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has released its “Path to the Presidency”, in which it lists many reasons why she will go on to defeat Obama and why she is a better general election candidate to go up against John McCain. Here are some of the main claims made and other claims that are being made by the campaign in general and why I just don’t see it the same way her campaign does.
• Hillary has won the big states such as New York, New Jersey, California, and New York that Democrats will need to win in November in order to beat John McCain.
• Hillary has won critical swing states such as Ohio, Florida, and Michigan that Democrats will need to win in November in order to beat John McCain.
• Hillary is more experienced than Barack Obama, and thus would match up better against John McCain in the general election.
• John McCain will beat Obama among independents because ofObama’s lack of national security credentials.
At first when you read these claims, you may think they sound reasonable. Let’s dig through them and see if they can, in fact, stand up to scrutiny.
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