Now that Senate Barack Obama has captured the Democratic nomination for President and has possibly postioned himself to make history, if he is elected, let me list the reasons in my thinking why Hillary Clinton experienced defeat.
Clinton's underestimation of her opponent
I believe Senator Clinton did not take Senator Obama seriously enough. And why should she? She has a household name. She had eight years of White House experience. She has more time in the U.S. Senate. All of the above in her mind one thing: experience. Hillary was a shoo-in as far as winning the the Democratic nomination. But she was shocked after losing the Iowa Caucus. Here is this skinny freshman senator from Illinois challenging one of the great political pedigrees in presidential history. It was like David facing Goliath. The giant was slain. Obama's defeat of Clinton is an upset like Leon Spink's shocking victory over Muhammad Ali.
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