Monday, February 18, 2008

Ready on day one?

Hillary Clinton has been running a competence campaign. As she puts it, over and over, she'll be ready on day one. Maybe, but her campaign has only recently learned of the arcane rules for delegate selection in Texas, one of the states that form her latest firewall.

I've always thought that one of the good things about our campaign system (there have to be SOME good things, right?) is that it gives us a preview of how well the candidate would perform in the Oval Office. Not knowing the rules this late in the game is not something that inspires confidence.

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