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Although Obama isn't my man, he does seem to have the optimistic vision for the future of the nation, that I felt Clinton had when he was elected in 1992. Oddly, Hillary has the "building a bridge to the future" guy (Bill) on her team, but can't seem to project a future vision for her campaign. A few months ago, I posted how a Democrat strategist summed up Hillary's message as "building a bridge to the past", and while she was in the lead, she didn't deviate from that strategy.


Part of the problem for Hillary is that she tried, not without some justification, to use Bill's existing popularity as a former president to boost her own campaign. The problem with doing so, however, was that it created the risk (perhaps proven out) that people would be hungry for change more than for nostalgia this time around. Ironically, had she run in 2004, she might have fared better with that approach.