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Article: Punditocracy get it wrong, and not just in New Hampshire; GOTCHA: Victor Hillary Clinton enjoyed the pundits' embarrassment.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2008
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Byline: Peter Hitchens
FOR ME, the difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is acontest between a louse and a flea.
Mr Obama (and his hype) remind me quite a bit of the early Blair mania, whereasHillary is the queen of political correctness.
But, like Mrs Clinton, I did enjoy the embarrassment of the punditocracy whentheir prediction of an Obama win in New Hampshire turned out to be wrong.Political journalists these days - with some noble exceptions - are such sheep,and it is lovely to see them all confounded, running about bleating in panic.
They will blame the polls, but actually it is journalists who massage orwrestle the ...