The stakes seem so high in this election because of the competition between political paradigms and styles.
Obama puts forward a new, inclusive paradigm, featuring a synthesis of online organizing and the traditional, Saul Alinsky kind. Hillary’s style, in contrast, seems to be a Frankenstein-like synthesis of Clintonian triangulation and Rovian deception. Obama's style is deliberate, self-conscious and inspiring. Hillary's is reactive, unprogressive and, alas, clearly still formidable.
When I woke up this morning to the headlines, I feared the triumph of the Morris/Penn/Rove style.
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