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Additionally, she was the clear favourite right from the start. It’s not true that it was a more tightly contested primary than usual, although Sanders gave her

Additionally, she was the clear favourite right from the start. It’s not true that it was a more tightly contested primary than usual, although Sanders gave her a surprisingly good run for sure. Clinton vs Sanders was much more one-sided than Obama vs Clinton, say.

specialist 8y ago
re Obama vs Clinton and how it relates to Patrick Cockburn's article... One can be right about everything and yet still ultimately be wrong. Because not everything can be measured. Because it's easy to miss important details, angles, insights. Because rock, paper, scissors. For the 2008 primary, Clinton and Obama were playing different games, popularity vs delegate counts, so used different strategies. Obama novel strategy won. And FWIW, HRC's 2016 campaign knew the electoral college would be close, were doing pretty well, but then Comey threw the election to the Russians. Anticipating all the butthurt downvoters: Comey has all but admitted as much.
- dang 8y ago
  Would you please not take HN threads into partisan flamewars? That's the opposite of what we want here, regardless of how right you are. I appreciate that you haven't been using HN primarily for this (other than today), but still, it damages this place, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - garmaine 8y ago
    What was partisan in the comment you are replying to? Looks like standard (and on-topic) political science reasoning not politicking to me. Edit: did you mean to respond to specialist’s other comment in this thread?
    - dang 8y ago
      That was in reply to multiple political flamewar posts, but the Comey bit here obviously qualifies. Also, "butthurt downvoters"? that's embarrassing.
      - garmaine 8y ago
        Fair enough. The last line did dirty it a bit.
  - specialist 8y ago
    You're right. Thank you for keeping me in line. I'm a repeat offender. My immediate solution is to not login, so less tempted to engage. If I feel the need to continue participating, I use a real-name account, which usually keeps me from trolling. Back when I was moderator, we had offline mail readers. I miss two features. Time shifting and twit filters. I really want to read the threads a week later, after the commentariat has a chance to weigh in. That's also how I consume my "news". Keeps things "cool" (vs "hot" a la Marshall McLuhan). And I really miss having twit filters, which allowed you to fully block mail from marked accounts. I scanned the various 3rd party HN clients, but nothing like this jumped out. Not that I have enough to do, but maybe I can morph an existing client. Again, thank you for your efforts.

specialist 8y ago

re Obama vs Clinton and how it relates to Patrick Cockburn's article... One can be right about everything and yet still ultimately be wrong. Because not everything can be measured. Because it's easy to miss important details, angles, insights. Because rock, paper, scissors. For the 2008 primary, Clinton and Obama were playing different games, popularity vs delegate counts, so used different strategies. Obama novel strategy won. And FWIW, HRC's 2016 campaign knew the electoral college would be close, were doing pretty well, but then Comey threw the election to the Russians. Anticipating all the butthurt downvoters: Comey has all but admitted as much.

dang 8y ago
Would you please not take HN threads into partisan flamewars? That's the opposite of what we want here, regardless of how right you are. I appreciate that you haven't been using HN primarily for this (other than today), but still, it damages this place, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- garmaine 8y ago
  What was partisan in the comment you are replying to? Looks like standard (and on-topic) political science reasoning not politicking to me. Edit: did you mean to respond to specialist’s other comment in this thread?
  - dang 8y ago
    That was in reply to multiple political flamewar posts, but the Comey bit here obviously qualifies. Also, "butthurt downvoters"? that's embarrassing.
    - garmaine 8y ago
      Fair enough. The last line did dirty it a bit.
- specialist 8y ago
  You're right. Thank you for keeping me in line. I'm a repeat offender. My immediate solution is to not login, so less tempted to engage. If I feel the need to continue participating, I use a real-name account, which usually keeps me from trolling. Back when I was moderator, we had offline mail readers. I miss two features. Time shifting and twit filters. I really want to read the threads a week later, after the commentariat has a chance to weigh in. That's also how I consume my "news". Keeps things "cool" (vs "hot" a la Marshall McLuhan). And I really miss having twit filters, which allowed you to fully block mail from marked accounts. I scanned the various 3rd party HN clients, but nothing like this jumped out. Not that I have enough to do, but maybe I can morph an existing client. Again, thank you for your efforts.