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Article: Hillary's 'claim'.(NATION)(INSIDE POLITICS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2008
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Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Hillary's 'claim'
"Sunday's 'Meet the Press' featured a spirited debate between James Carville, Mary Matalin, Mike Murphy, and Bob Shrum. Shrum made a very insightful point, noting that Hillary Clinton has to find some kind of 'moral claim' to the nomination if she hopes to take it from Barack Obama," Jay Cost writes at www.realclearpolitics.com.
"This is a concise version of an argument I made last week - that Clinton needs to assert that she is the 'legitimate' candidate of her party. I particularly like the use of the word 'claim' because it underscores how legitimacy is contestable. Both she and Obama will make claims ...
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