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Don't worry, these states don't matter anyway

The latest Clinton spin, commented upon widely in the blogosphere, is that these February states Obama's winning don't count anyway, because the Clinton camp wasn't expecting to do well there.

Markos touched on the issue.

The New York Times today quotes Clinton national finance chairman Hassan Nemazee using that line to reasure donors:

I'm telling donors and supporters: Don't be overly concerned about what goes on in the remainder of the month of February because these are not states teed up well for us.

What kind of assurance is that? Imagine a cornerman telling his boxer, "Don't be overly concerned about losing the next round, he's just got a better punch than you." Or a manager telling a playoff ball team, "Don't be overly concerned about losing game three, their pitcher is just better than ours."

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