Cautiousness is exactly why this isn't Hillary's time.

Her time has come and gone, and she missed it.  One of my biggest problems with Hillary is that she has consistently put her own self interests over the party.  The main instance is in 2004.  The party was divided, but the incumbent was so incredibly divisive that even John Kerry, the inept charisma grye was able to nearly win.  

This was Hillary's moment.  The 47-47-6 ohio-florida strategy would have worked perfectly in 2004 and she would have won, had she the guts.  It would have been close, but her ability to stand up to the basic GOP tactics, swift-boating and gay bashing, would have put her over the top, with around 52%.  If Kerry managed 48-51 she could have gotten 52.  

Only she was too afraid.  The Mario Cuomo of 2004, she let yet another Massachusetts liberal get set up and knocked down by a bush, so she could run in 2008.  It's this cautiousness, this fear of doing anything that isn't 100% safe that leads me to believe she is not fit to run in 08.  The tactics of GOP past will not work.  Gay bashing failed across the country, with Arizona actually shooting down a proposed ban.  Obama's likable enough and the public is smart enough not to fall for any more swift boats.  All this leaves us with is two nominees.  

One, while not at Clinton's stature, is still growing.  Ohio has immense potential to grow within the office, and surpass Hillary very quickly, perhaps by the end of the election.  One who aims high, maybe too high, but I'd rather aim high and come close than aim low and get a direct hit.  

Hillary meanwhile tells you everything she has plans.  She's become rigid and inflexible, as was evidenced by her inability to shift gears in her campaign, as the campaign quickly changed.  She's done growing as a person, she's told everyone everything she has, and it's not enough.  She finished growing a while ago, and will soon be overpasses in depth and breadth by Obama.  Sure Obama is light on specifics, but until now, he hasn't had the luxury of being able to talk about ideas.  When you're 20 points behind, and platitudes about hope fill up the chairs, you don't change your message; it's as simple as that.

when you take everything Clinton has offered, subtract it by the normal pandering every politician engages in, and the obstructionism of congress, you're not left with much, because she's just to cautious to try for more.



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Re: Cautiousness is exactly why this isn't Hillary (none / 0)

I agree wholeheartedly. She should've voted against the AUMF and then run against Bush and war in 2004. We'd be a much better nation right now.


by dmc2 on Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 01:41:50 AM EST

Re: Unlike Obama, Clinton keeps her word (none / 0)

"the boy?"

Can you try to get a little more...oh I won't even say it.


by orexpat on Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 02:36:17 AM EST

Re: Unlike Obama, Clinton keeps her word (none / 0)

....a boy? a thug?

Are you listening to what you're saying?


M Hussein Garvey
by MGarvey on Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 02:50:32 AM EST

Re: Unlike Obama, Clinton keeps her word (2.00 / 1)

Racist much?

Rated accordingly.


by theblaz on Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 08:45:46 AM EST

Re: Cautiousness is exactly why this isn't Hillary (none / 0)

Another Obama supporter drinking the kool-aid. Just once I'd like an Obama supporter to give a clear and rational explanation of what qualifies the guy for the position beyond "hope" and other platitudes. If anything, the guy has only shown that it's all about him, not what he can do for the American people.

Hillary didn't run in 2004 because that's exactly what everyone expected - hoped, depending on one's POV - she would do. Only she saw how she would be hammered for her lack of experience at the time, to say how she and Bill probably felt given the mood of the country that no Dem was going to beat Bush anyway. Hillary promised the people of NY who voted for her that she would serve her complete term. Obama did the same as well, but unlike her, that was yet another promise broken.

Obama is at best Kerry-lite, his ability to speak probably his only asset that surpasses the last Democratic candidate who ran for the Presidency. Beyond that, he's nothing more than some slick hustler looking to score the big one.


by SoCalHillMan on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 01:22:47 AM EST


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