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• Although Senator Clinton's resume was the stronger of the two, Clinton the candidate was the weaker of the two. While Senator Obama's stature grew under the pressure of the Reverend Wright scandal, in which the Senator eventually cut ties with the Reverend, Senator Clinton's stature shrunk. As the finality of the nominating process was approaching, Senator Clinton cracked under pressure leading her to cite the assassination of RFK in a convoluted and unconvincing rationalization as to why she was staying in the race.
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That's the media's fault. Obama was their darling for the entire run, and everything concerning Obama got face time while Hillary fought for scraps. If they had a choice between Hillary discussing policies or anything during her husband's reign and what Obama had for breakfast, they'd pick the latter.
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• Senator Clinton offered ideas, but Senator Obama offered a vision. Senator Obama's offering a coherent and concise vision of an America that transcended racial divisions of the past and partisan divisions of the present inspired participation by Democratic primary voters who might otherwise have remained idle. Visions are more memorable. Senator Obama's charisma allowed him to effectively market that vision to Democratic primary and caucus voters. In comparison, Senator Clinton's ideas were transformed into little more than incomplete building blocks with much work left to be done.
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That's like the equivalent of Hillary talking about money management for how you can increase what you have, and Obama asking you to "imagine if you won the lottery" and started talking about all the houses and cars you'd have. Obama's entire campaign was smoke and mirrors meant to disillusion the average voter into thinking he actually has a platform.
You're right though - Obama won because he's the young, handsome, charismatic black man. An ERA-based John Edwards.
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• Senator Obama was able to rebut Senator Clinton's advantage in experience by highlighting what Democrats felt was his advantage in judgment on the Iraq war. He convinced Democrats that he could be relied upon to make sound judgments and that experience alone provided no guarantees that his opponent could do the same.
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Clinton had a much more descriptive and understood plan on Iraq. She stated that she wanted to remove 2 platoons a month over the next year and a half until empty. All he said is that he wanted to take troops out of Iraq. That's it. He never gave a plan, a timetable, or any sort of explanation.
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"From the beginning, she's been treated very badly," says Therese Murray, president of the Massachusetts Senate. "No woman would have run with Obama's résumé. She wouldn't have been considered." But Clinton has been "demonized by the press and the talking heads. How do you get away with that?"
...Added Murray: "Obama wouldn't have gotten to where he got today if it weren't for the bias of the male media -- no offense."
Is that right?
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I'd say yes. 100% yes.