The Obama Paradox

He just won the Politico straw poll at "Taking Back America." How many darlings of the left also appeal to someone like former Bushie Mark McKinnon and Marty Peretz? Ambers puts it simply enough:

Obama remains popular with self-identified liberals and self-indentified independents. His popularity spans a broader spectrum at this point that any other Democrat in the race.

So why Clinton? Aren’t eight years in the White House and two terms in the Senate enough?