Ed Huntress wrote:

You could read it that way, but he looks to me like a guy who saw his
opportunity and grabbed it. He knew he'd catch flak about his lack of time
in the Senate but he was confident that he'd overcome it and win the
nomination. He was right, and he pulled of a coup against a powerful
machine, doing something that few politicians in our lifetimes are capable
of.

The Daly Machine beat the Clinton Machine.
No surprise, they've had a lot more experience.

"RB" wrote in message
...
Ed Huntress wrote:

You could read it that way, but he looks to me like a guy who saw his
opportunity and grabbed it. He knew he'd catch flak about his lack of
time in the Senate but he was confident that he'd overcome it and win the
nomination. He was right, and he pulled of a coup against a powerful
machine, doing something that few politicians in our lifetimes are
capable of.

The Daly Machine beat the Clinton Machine.
No surprise, they've had a lot more experience.

The Daley machine has a 20-mile radius. The Clinton machine covers the whole
country.

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Ed Huntress