That sound you hear is John Roberts swearing in another Republican
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is taking a series of concrete steps toward a likely campaign for president in 2008, settling on key members of her campaign team, recruiting potential new additions to her staff, and calling Democratic activists in states with early primaries and caucuses.But I'm just not sure "first woman to lose a general election at the top of a major-party ticket" is the kind of history the Democrats should be allowing her to make. I think she's unelectable right now. And she's not the sort of person voters are going to like more once they start focusing on what she's done and what she's like. Much of the credit she's gotten for being a really quick study as a freshman Senator will evaporate when it becomes clear that she never had any profound interest in representing New Yorkers but was merely resting on their landing with her carpetbag for a short spell. What a shock. A padded résumé doesn't look as impressive once it is evident that the motivation for doing all those things on it was . . . résumé padding.
No final decision on running is expected before the end of the year, according to sources knowledgeable about her thinking, as Clinton works methodically through a checklist of preparatory steps. But she and her inner circle are already ramping up for what could be a history-making bid for the White House. - Washington Post, December 6, 2006
Of course, I've been wrong about Clintonian political fortunes before, and owe my father a home-cooked meal because of it. Perhaps some kind of double-or-nothing will be in order, assuming, reasonably, that I don't pull out of the Bat-cave and cook the first dinner in the next two years.
This reminds me, back around the time when many people were concluding that the Clintons' marriage was really a kind of "arrangement" for their mutual political gain, I tried my hand at drafting what I fancied the contract for such an arrangement might look like (yes, I would occasionally have extra time on my hands even before anyone had heard of blogs). I'll have to dig that document up and post it. Perhaps tomorrow.
Labels: 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton
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