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Hillary must criticize McCain

Sun Jun 08, 2008 at 09:56:30 PM PDT

   Hillary's concession speech was very good, gracious, inspiring and hit hit the right notes. I believed she needed to do three things to really unify the party and bring over her core voters: (1) graciously concede, (2) praise and recommend Obama, and (3) Criticize  McCain. She did the first two very well, but did NOT do the third.
    She needs to do this soon. The whole idea is to make sure women and white poor/less educated voters (her base), don't see McCain as a viable alternative and cross over. Her good words on Obama are a start and VERY helpful, but she need to really hammer and criticize McCain (at east on issues) (right to choose, taxes, war, etc) so the contrast is clear and stark. Leaving it implied is not enough. She must (softly) attack-soon or some of her most ardent supporters may wander.

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