Obama '08?

"If you spend eight years around Alan Greenspan, you're going to learn something," Prado said, referring to the former Federal Reserve chairman who served during the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history during Clinton's administration.

You know, c.i. -- I never understood the hatred for Hillary that existed on the right. I even kinda' supported her early in the campaign just because I knew it would get republicans all bent out of shape, which I thought they deserved after giving us two terms of W. It truly was her negative and dishonest style that turned me off to her. I still don't know if the critics on the right had good reason to hate her, but I do.
Why do you think she wants to be president, anyway? Is it pure ego? That's hard to believe.

"If you spend eight years around Alan Greenspan, you're going to learn something," Prado said, referring to the former Federal Reserve chairman who served during the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history during Clinton's administration.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former President Bill Clinton are making very direct arguments to Democratic superdelegates, starkly insisting Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., cannot win a general election against presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Sources with direct knowledge of the conversation between Sen. Clinton and Governer Bill Richardson, D-N.M., prior to the Governor's endorsement of Obama say she told him flatly, "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win."


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echi wrote:

You know, c.i. -- I never understood the hatred for Hillary that existed on the right. I even kinda' supported her early in the campaign just because I knew it would get republicans all bent out of shape, which I thought they deserved after giving us two terms of W. It truly was her negative and dishonest style that turned me off to her. I still don't know if the critics on the right had good reason to hate her, but I do.
Why do you think she wants to be president, anyway? Is it pure ego? That's hard to believe.

Hillary has always wanted to be president. She wanted very much to count, to be recognized, to be appreciated, to be adored. She and Bill share that desire if they don't share all that much else. She had waited patiently, done all the wifely duties, and stood by her man when most women wouldn't have done that. She couldn't risk running in 2004 against an incumbant who still had reasonably high approval ratings in wartime; and anyway she had to fulfill her obligations as Senator of New York and build up at least an illusion of a track record. (I think you can take it to the bank that she was really REALLY glad that Bush, and not Kerry won in 2004 though; otherwise she would have had to wait to 2012 to run.)

But now it was her turn. She was the presumptive nominee and the presumptive winner in 2008. She was supposed to be crowned queen early on and carried by a great groundswell of adoration right into the White House and history making glory.

But she didn't count on Obama. He didn't follow the script. And those who have really paid attention all these years know that a thwarted Clinton brings out a quite unattractive side in both. Obama, by contrast, handles controversy with much more calm, class, and poise. And that hasn't helped Hillary either.

Could be. Or it could be that the Dems have two candidates bringing record-breaking numbers of people to the polls, that when they finally get a nominee the aggregate support that goes to him/her will be bigger than McCain's even accounting for those saying disgruntled things right now, and that this is a "huge" problem only in the wishful minds of snarky rightwingers.

McCain wil lwin this election.... it sucks... but as usual no on to thank but ourselves...

neither...

f either Hilly or Barry get the nod, a large percentage of Dems will stay home or vote for McCain in November.

neither...

Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

neither...

Then how can you complain about it? If we have no one to blame but ourselves...