Derailing Obama's Candidacy Derails Hillary
I think Hillary Clinton is perfectly capable of making Obama seem unelectable. The only parties that can put an end to this carnage are the superdelegates in the Democratic Party. Because if she is allowed to continue unmarginalized, she will make herself unelectable as well.
For all her taking credit, the swelling of the Democratic electorate is because of Obama. Come on, people, it's obvious.
By comparing herself favorably to McCain (with whom she does share a foreign policy philosophy), she negates reasons to vote for her. Her increasingly Rovian tactics make her seem more Manchurian Neocon than her well-accepted mantle as Republican -lite. Oh, yeah -- healthcare. And we'll see how big a windfall that turns out to be for the insurance industry, a little hidden fact in her proposal. Everything else about her is Republican-lite, including her recent proposal to turn over the subprime crisis to Greenspan and Rubin. And tort reform (!) being a centerpiece of her plan. God.
What has been so telling throughout the Wright crisis is that her unfavorables have risen far higher than Obama's. His have risen, but by a few points, and that was at the height of the controversy. Even if a portion of the electorate is not happy with Obama's explanation of Wright, they are even more uncomfortable with Hillary as a person.
The bottom line: he did not implode, and she did not skyrocket.. An unreported party of the story is how little she has caught on with the electorate throughout this period. No matter how much the media says he has "fallen" from his high of February in match-ups, we should perhaps likewise discuss Hillary's fall from her 20+ point leads from December when she was "unstoppable."
She can certainly ruin Obama as a candidate. After her tete-a-tete with the likes of Richard Mellon Scaife, where she used the platform to do to Obama what was done to the Clintons in the 90's, I no longer underestimate the depths to which she will go.
But this is a joyless, hopeless, mean-spirited candidate. Who has snarling disdain for anyone who doesn't see things exactly her way.
It is Obama, by the very nature of how he has structured his campaign, who can add significantly to the Democratic Congressional majority, one district at a time, in all manner of states. Because for the first time, he has shown his affinity for Democrats in all states and all walks of life. That's how the Republicans did it in the 80's. It's smart, party-building politics. Hillary has done far more damage to that than just ignoring those states -- she has dissed and insulted all voters she has deemed unimportant.
So even if she pulled out a win, she has done irreparable damage to the party. She has derailed her own campaign by being Karl Rove on steroids, aligned with the likes of Richard Mellon Scaife. Great principles there, Hillary.
If anyone is naive to think Hillary will go unscathed between now and the GE, oh come on. We know virtually nothing about the business dealings, Bill's library or foundation donations over the last seven years.
Hillary and Bill will accept no culpability in this damage, take no responsiblity. And if we reward them, then no responsiblity is needed on their part. How dangerous for a couple in the White House.
Step up, Democratic Party. End this before Hillary makes both of them unelectable.
For all her taking credit, the swelling of the Democratic electorate is because of Obama. Come on, people, it's obvious.
By comparing herself favorably to McCain (with whom she does share a foreign policy philosophy), she negates reasons to vote for her. Her increasingly Rovian tactics make her seem more Manchurian Neocon than her well-accepted mantle as Republican -lite. Oh, yeah -- healthcare. And we'll see how big a windfall that turns out to be for the insurance industry, a little hidden fact in her proposal. Everything else about her is Republican-lite, including her recent proposal to turn over the subprime crisis to Greenspan and Rubin. And tort reform (!) being a centerpiece of her plan. God.
What has been so telling throughout the Wright crisis is that her unfavorables have risen far higher than Obama's. His have risen, but by a few points, and that was at the height of the controversy. Even if a portion of the electorate is not happy with Obama's explanation of Wright, they are even more uncomfortable with Hillary as a person.
The bottom line: he did not implode, and she did not skyrocket.. An unreported party of the story is how little she has caught on with the electorate throughout this period. No matter how much the media says he has "fallen" from his high of February in match-ups, we should perhaps likewise discuss Hillary's fall from her 20+ point leads from December when she was "unstoppable."
She can certainly ruin Obama as a candidate. After her tete-a-tete with the likes of Richard Mellon Scaife, where she used the platform to do to Obama what was done to the Clintons in the 90's, I no longer underestimate the depths to which she will go.
But this is a joyless, hopeless, mean-spirited candidate. Who has snarling disdain for anyone who doesn't see things exactly her way.
It is Obama, by the very nature of how he has structured his campaign, who can add significantly to the Democratic Congressional majority, one district at a time, in all manner of states. Because for the first time, he has shown his affinity for Democrats in all states and all walks of life. That's how the Republicans did it in the 80's. It's smart, party-building politics. Hillary has done far more damage to that than just ignoring those states -- she has dissed and insulted all voters she has deemed unimportant.
So even if she pulled out a win, she has done irreparable damage to the party. She has derailed her own campaign by being Karl Rove on steroids, aligned with the likes of Richard Mellon Scaife. Great principles there, Hillary.
If anyone is naive to think Hillary will go unscathed between now and the GE, oh come on. We know virtually nothing about the business dealings, Bill's library or foundation donations over the last seven years.
Hillary and Bill will accept no culpability in this damage, take no responsiblity. And if we reward them, then no responsiblity is needed on their part. How dangerous for a couple in the White House.
Step up, Democratic Party. End this before Hillary makes both of them unelectable.
