Re: HILLARY, R.I.P.

On Feb 29, 9:30 am, robertr...@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 29, 11:24 am, jose <josefsop...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





HILLARY, R.I.P.
THE END OF THE CLINTON BRAND

By: John LeBoutillier

We are witnessing history: the end of the Clinton Brand as the
dominant, ruling class of the Democratic Party.

She will lose Texas next week - and probably Ohio, as well. That will
be the end of her campaign - even if she doesn't yet want to admit it.

Every day now another famous Super Delegate switches from Hillary to
Obama. Drip...drip...drip. You can feel it slipping away.

Why has Hillary - the 'inevitable' frontrunner a year ago - collapsed
and been trounced 11 primaries in a row - by almost a whopping 60-40%
margin in each?

The following reasons:

* Her vote on Iraq has bedeviled her on the Left since 2002. She has
never been able to escape it.

* That vote - and her entire demeanor - has reinforced an underlying
weakness of her's and her husband: you can't trust them.

* Her ambiguous, murky, cloudy language on every issue has made people
think she is trying to be on both sides of every issue.

* Her candidate skills are poor. Yes, she works hard. But it takes
more than that. Her constantly-changing persona - one day nice,
another day angry, another day sarcastic - does not work against an
upbeat, smiling, genuinely nice guy.

* Her husband has become a huge negative - not just through his semi-
racial statements, but his mere presence and what it would mean in the
White House.

* The biggest reason Hillary is losing to Barack Obama is the crying
desire for change. That translates to getting rid of both the Bushes
and the Clintons as our two so-called 'Royal Families' of American
politics - and all that means, including Iraq, a souring economy, bad
trade deals, the sub-prime mortgage mess, rising health care costs and
loss of jobs.

* Obama is simply a better candidate than Hillary. The more voters see
him, the more they like him.

* And Obama is the Mirror Opposite candidate - from both the Clintons
and the Bushes. He is diametrically opposite to these Establishment
figures. This is why he has caught on - and is the most opposite of
all the candidates.

Conclusion: Hillary is all done for the 2008 race. And the Clintons -
both of them - are a greatly diminished brand in American politics.
(They will do all they can to sabotage Obama from here on out - in
hopes he loses and she can come back and try again in 2012 in a "I
told you so" campaign.)

Obama is an entirely different entity for conservatives to run
against. He does not inspire the enmity that Hillary does. That, plus
McCain's lukewarm support on the Right, makes the Fall race
unpredictable.

More on that next time.

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I'm melting, meltinggggggg!

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