Obama and Clinton's Missouri Compromise of 2008

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This leads us into the biggest news, which is the unforeseen Missouri Compromise of 2008. This stipulates that, west of the Mississippi, Hillary Clinton is entitled to all the former "slave states" and Barack Obama to all former "free soil states".

I find this very funny. It's a good eye that caught this with a strong grasp of history.

(Moreover, in Nevada, the bit south of the parallel is where Clinton won, and the larger but less populous part of the state to the north is where Obama won.)

Neither story is a slam dunk, but on balance, I'd say Clinton's is worse. Her map is looking like Samuel J. Tilden's, when what we need is another Franklin Roosevelt.

Fun with history and modern politics!

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