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Let's play Clinton Clue

Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:39:47 AM PDT

The past 4 months has felt, at times, like we've been playing games (especially compared to the real life issues that face most Americans).

I recounted weeks ago of how Senator Clinton was losing 28-14 (now 30-14) as though this was sports.  But now let's turn to board games.  First, I want to point out that this race looks a bit like a Monopoly game. Right now, it's down to Senator Obama and Senator Clinton - everyone else has gone bankrupt.  

Obama owns the majority of the properties, has a ton of money and has houses on most of that property.

Clinton got to Boardwalk (NY/NJ) and Park Place (PA) first so she keeps hoping that he lands on that property to bankrupt him - but he has too much money.  Meanwhile, her other properties are basically the Baltic/Mediterranean and he's wracking up money all over the place - landing on free parking, etc while she has, technically, gone bankrupt but is banking on the 200 dollars she gets from "Passing Go".
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So with that background, of Obama winning at Monopoly and Clinton trying to make the game last forever so he gives up - we see her moving to a new game.

From the National Review online:

A smart political operative said within earshot of me yesterday that if Hillary has more metaphorical bombshells to drop on Obama — and this operative has heard secondhand that she does — she'll do so between April 16, the date of her next debate with Obama, and April 22, Pennsylvania's primary day. The timing, of course, is so she doesn't get asked about it by the moderator or confronted by Obama.

So with that, let's play a game of Clue!

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The Characters:
Bill Clinton
Geraldine Ferraro
Mark Penn
Karl Rove
Volunteer Staffers
Robert L. Johnson

The Locations:
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Fox News
New York Times
New York Post
The Onion

The Weapon:
Hushed whisper campaign
Grainy video/Youtube
Race Card
Memo
Audio recording
Jeremiah Wright (or other very loose connections to people)
"Just Words"

I'll add characters, etc if you find some that are perfect.  Otherwise, let's all play to figure out what smear she'll drop next week.  The winner gets a badly bruised party, a nominee who has been whispered about/lied about/made out to be a scary person and a former First Lady and President with a ruined legacy.  Game on!

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