"Clinton's Pennsylvania victory gives campaign new life"
By Linda Feldmann
April 24th, 2008
Ms. Feldmann's article comes right after Senator Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania over Senator Barack Obama by 10% and addresses the fact that Clinton's win came just in time to give her campaign enough 'umph' to last until the convention.
The frame that Ms. Feldmann uses is very in-sync with the mainstream media's frame. The article actually frames Mrs. Clinton's win in two ways; the first frame was that Clinton had to win Pennsylvania by double digits to stay in the election, and Ms. Feldmann also framed Clinton's win in comparison with her win in Ohio and her the upcoming primary in Indiana.
Ms. Feldmann says that Clinton had to win this for a few reasons; first of she was running too far behind in delegates (not counting super delegates), and secondly part of her platform is that Obama can't win the bigger states and she once again proved this.
Indiana's race on May 6th, will be another important race for her to win according to the article because it has similar demographics to both Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The article also briefly mentions how Clinton's solid win has given the 300 unpledged super delegates more time to decide which candidate to back, which is good for Clinton because she is ahead in super delegates but not by a lot. The article gives a sentence explanation on super delegates, but implies a certain base level of how democratic primary politics work.
The next bulk of the article was dedicated to discussing different reasons that contributed to Clinton's win including Obama's comment about guns and God. The article assumed previous knowledge about Obama's gaffe. An interesting note that the article addresses is that Clinton won in a demographic that Obama usually dominates, white voters between the ages of 18 and 29. Another contributing factor is Hillary's strength when it comes to the economy because that is the number 1 issue to voters in PA.
I really like the last paragraph of the article that represented a frame that I haven't really seen among the media. Ms. Feldmann addresses the fact that the on going struggle between the two candidates might not be such a bad thing if the party can unite after a candidate is chosen.
In Pennsylvania alone, the party registered 326,000 new voters, some of them first time voters and others switching their registration from independent or Republican. If the party can unite in the fall and get over the bruised feelings from the primaries, the Democrats could be hard to beat.
Overall an interesting article.
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