GOP's Schnur: Clinton Would Be a Tougher Opponent than Obama

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The ever-thoughtful California GOP consultant Dan Schnur, who was communications director for John McCain the last time he tried to be president, wrote in a NY Times piece today that Sen. Clinton would be a tougher opponent than Sen. Obama. (Full disclosure: I used to appear on Sacramento's News 10 with Schnur to do political commentary.)
 
It's an interesting perspective.
 
"So throughout the Democratic primaries, I’ve been rooting for Barack Obama. The nobler side of me admires him, even across party lines, for the tremendous interest and enthusiasm he has engendered among younger Americans. But the larger, less decent part of me believes that Hillary Clinton would be a more formidable general election opponent for the Republican nominee. She’s certainly on the ropes right now: her campaign has been flailing through the last few rounds of primaries in a way that Clintons are usually able to avoid. But we’ve been losing to Clintons for a long time now: I’d still just as soon avoid her in a general election campaign."