In Politics, A Win is a Win is a Win

I’ve heard a lot of political spin in my life — I’ve even written a book about it — but I’ve never heard any spin as good as what we’re hearing about Pennsylvania.

Turn the dial, on radio and television, and all the pundits are saying the same thing. George Stephanopoulos said it last night on ABC: It’s not enough for Hillary Clinton to win today in Pennsylvania, she has to win BIG. She must win by double digits, or else she might as well lose.

In other words … Even if Clinton wins, she loses. And even if Obama loses, he wins.

What great spin! And, like most spin, what nonsense. Come on, people, get real. This is just the media’s attempt to make Hillary Clinton appear the loser, even if she wins.

I’ve been around politics a long time, and I’ve worked in a lot of campaigns. I was even a candidate once myself, in California. And one thing I know: In every campaign, there’s a winner and a loser. And it’s simple. Politics is not rocket science. The candidate who gets the most votes is the winner.

It doesn’t matter whether you win by 100,000 votes — or 10,000 votes — or 1,000 votes — or ONE vote. If you get more votes than the other guy, you get the prize.

Assuming Clinton wins by only 5 percent, the real question is not why she didn’t win by a bigger margin, but — after campaigning non-stop for six weeks and outspending her 2 to 1 — why Barack Obama was unable to beat her.

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