Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Hillary's Problems to be Solved by MORE Bill?

Rumors are swirling that the embattled Hillary Clinton campaign is in the early stages of meltdown mode, trembling with fear about the sudden momentum of Barack Obama and allegedly exchanging barbs and accusations within the campaign's ranks about who is responsible for the loss of momentum. In the front of the pack of accusers is reported to be none other than former President Bill Clinton himself, who has raised all kinds of concerns from those of all political persuasions about viewing Hillary's potential rise to the White House as the equivalent to his own third term. And with each passing day, Bill feeds that narrative with new campaign speeches where he references his own Presidency dozens of times and cites his wife (the actual candidate) only a handful.

With all this in mind, it's a curious strategy that Bill reportedly recommends a higher campaign profile for.....Bill Clinton. Love her or hate her, Hillary conveyed a sense of command in the early months of her Presidential campaign and I never sensed she was a puppet on Bill's strings, which worked to her advantage. But ever since the "all the boys are ganging up on the girl" narrative following her October 30 debate flop, she has lost that sense of command....and with it the necessary level of gravitas that a woman running for President desperately needs. It should seem obvious to just about anybody than an even higher profile for her controversial husband is exactly NOT what the doctor ordered for healing Hillary. If the Bill Clinton ego trip is allowed to continue at an even higher profile and with even more frequency than it is today, it may very well be the nail in Hillary's campaign coffin. Never could I have imagined the wheels would come off the bus this quickly and this severely for Hillary Clinton.

10 Comments:

Blogger Mr. Phips said...

I hope to god Hillary loses this nomination. She is the most selfish, dishonest politician in the country, even worse than her husband. She also likely cost Democrats two special elections in Virginia and Ohio as Republicans used pictures of her to rally their base. If she gets the nomination, im gonna have to leave the country.

2:33 PM  
Blogger Sara said...

I'm also feverishly hoping Shrillary loses also! Though if she does win the nom and then wins the election, I won't leave the country because she doesn't seem as bad as the R's on most issues except maybe Iraq.

9:00 PM  
Blogger Mr. Phips said...

You know at this point, I would rather have a Republican than Hillary. At least under a Republican, we would be able to recover in the 2010 midterm elections.

1:42 AM  
Blogger Sara said...

Even though we'd have a very right-wing judicial system that will nullify just about every piece of legislation Congress passes.

3:27 AM  
Blogger Mark said...

The right-wing judiciary with veto power over every piece of progressive legislation coming out of a Democratic Congress is only part of it. As we're seeing right now, Congress is powerless unless there are 60 Senators of the majority party, and the country is far too polarized for that scenario to play out. I have no affinity for Hillary, but avoidance of the GOP's wet dream of a Somalia-esque "ownership society" will be impossible with continued Republican Presidents and the corresponding consolidation of a right-wing judiciary. With all due respect, Mr. Phips, the idea that we're better off with a Republican President is quite bluntly, NUTS!

7:46 AM  
Blogger Mr. Phips said...

Mark, the one good thing that could come out of a Democratic Presidency could be their justice department's ability to strike down unfavorable redistricting that Republicans may try in states like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Texas where there are a lot of minorities. The justice department could easily force these legislatures to draw maps that do not illegal pack blacks and Hispanics into as few districts as possible. This would greatly benefit Democrats by spreading out Democratic voters more effeciently accross these states as opposed to the segregationalist districting they currently have. Something to think about.

4:09 PM  
Blogger James said...

I cant believe how stupid y'all are.

3:46 PM  
Blogger James said...

Oh, btw, if you think Obama and Edwards are more electable then Hillary, get yourself a brain scan.

3:48 PM  
Blogger Mark said...

james, care to back that up with actual analysis and statistics? The numbers I've looked at show Hillary faring worse against every Republican rival than both Obama and Edwards would.

4:21 PM  
Blogger James said...

Polls at this point mean nothing.

Anyways, I owe you a big apology for my rude and disrespectful comments. I am sorry.

10:22 PM  

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