In the past, one of the most important points in a primary election was the Iowa caucus. The key in Iowa was to present yourself as the underdog and still come out on top. Doing better than expected gave you access to new contributors, renewed the confidence of your current contributors, and increased your media coverage. For the most part, this still holds true for this year’s primaries. However, thanks to the revamped early primaries, there is a new underdog state, Pennsylvania.
As covered by CNN on April 2, 2008, both Obama and Clinton are jockeying for the underdog position. Clinton, looking at the whole picture, is the apparent underdog for the country. It is Obama though, who holds the underdog title in the state of Pennsylvania. As the voting day draws closer, Obama’s underdog status has become less and less noticeable as his support in the polls continues to grow.
Still, both candidates fight for their title as the Rocky Balboa. So much so, has Clinton pitched herself as the Rocky Balboa of the Democratic primaries, that if you right now were to Google “Rocky Balboa” the first result at the top of the page is a blog spot on Forbes.com discussing Hillary Clinton and her selling herself as the great, hero boxer.
It does seem though, that Clinton has a lot more to lose if she were to lose Pennsylvania, given her already fleeting hopes at winning the nomination. If she can successfully sell herself as the underdog and pull out a ‘W’, she might win back some strong support. On the other hand, if Obama comes away with the win, the remaining primaries will painful ones for the Clinton team.
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