FrankS: Hillary’s Toast

As for PDX’s points, Obama won because he was able to boost turnout to historic highs; his victory was in no way a foregone conclusion—if he’d won by a point or two you could probably point to the regional aspect, but this was a turnout trick Dean desperately tried to pull off in 04 and Obama did it, lighting a fire under mostly young folks who’d never caucused before. And that question about if Edwards drops out, most of those votes go straight to Obama. That’s why I think Hillary’s sunk. She’s boxed in by her high negatives. The only thing she had going for her was her “inevitability.” That’s gone. So what’s her winning narrative? She’s done/ Frank Sennett .

Question: Did Iowa fatally wound the former First Lady’s prez chances?