He can't let Pennsylvania be another Ohio in the sense of -- and especially after the Wright affair, because then there will be a sense, not only is he too liberal, but perhaps there are some racial overtones here.
Discussing the importance of the Pennsylvania primary for Barack Obama in light of previous losses.
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He is trying to delegitimize this election in all sorts of ways, we know that.
Absolutely, absolutely. I -- Because the Republicans have gone at this in such a different way than the Democrats, the Democrats have been arguing the facts and the evidence, and the Republicans aren't contesting them on the facts.
He is obsessed with winning re-election. It's all about self-respect. It is whether he is going to be humiliated or not.
They're going to come out of this now with some nuggets that they can use, some things that'll be familiar to them.
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