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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Nasaw

The inevitability argument, redux

Shortly after Hillary Clinton compared herself to Rocky, the movie boxer who wouldn't give up (but lost to Apollo Creed at the end of the first movie), her camp sent out a press release on a plan she said will create 3 million jobs.

One sentence caught my eye:

Hillary also noted that her Republican opponent in the general election does not have a plan to solve the challenges that face the American economy.


By declaring it so, Hillary no doubt hopes to make it so. But didn't the "inevitability" argument fail her? If so why are they rehashing it?

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