Good stuff. Her "ready to lead on day one" line always seemed a bit funny when she was doing such a poor job of running a campaign.
I'd love to see a similar examination of the Obama campaign.
I remember hearing a documentary was being shot on Obama at the beginning of the campaign, and which will carry through to the November election. I dunno if it'll be a War Room like doc or more of a "follow the candidate" type doc but I can't wait to see it. And I'd love to read more insider stuff on his campaign; a few months ago Time did a piece on his inner circle which was cool
Finished the Hillary article last night; haven't looked through all the memos/emails yet. It really paints an unflattering portrait of her caught in the headlights: unable to make leadership decisions until it was cram time, which of course led to many of the public (and private) blowups.
On paper a lot of their decisions make sense - painting her as the middle class champion of "invisible" demographics like women - but in the end it seemed like they were changing message every month depending on the state: blue collar everyday woman in Ohio, centrist in Indiana, chugging beers in Penn., etc.
Another striking thing: the complete overlooking of Obama early on, and the lack of any ground game. The strategy was essentially stay alive in Iowa/NH, blow out the competition on Super Tuesday, clinch nomination in March. Penn's take on Obama is pretty telling; seems like he was the first in the camp to sow the "unelectable" seeds over Obama. Whoops.
Interesting how the two candidates who carefully schemed and planned long before the campaign began were invalidated by a guy who made a last minute decision to run...and still managed to run a spectacular campaign
