Blog Buzz: Hillary Ad Infinitum, Race Talk Forever, How McCain is Bearing Up
Stories and topics lighting up the Internets today:
She may be finished, but we can't stop talking about her
Unity Ticket talk continues, with a chorus of doubt coming from both conservatives (Ed Morrissey at Hot Air is skeptical), and liberals (neither Michael Tomasky nor Matthew Yglesias like the idea either). Nevertheless, The Fix ranks HRC at 3 on the VP list. Going in the other direction, Steve Clemons notes Matt Cooper's assessment that we won't have Hillary Clinton to kick around on any ballot ever again. Of course, like the famous Monty Python character, the Clinton campaign isn't actually dead yet, and RealClear Politics's Jay Cost makes an argument that she really, really can still come back. The campaign itself is sending out a Powerpoint argument to superdelegates, and TPM's Election Central has got it.
Hard-working bloggers (they don't necessarily have to be white, Hillary) still buzz over the Clinton comments
TPM's David Kurtz continues to chew over Clinton's comments to USA Today, arguing that if a Republican had said it Democrats would be ballistic in ways not yet evident here. Robert George at Ragged Thots wonders if this isn't part of a Clinton plan to remake the Democratic Party by trading a portion of the black vote to reclaim some whites (and Latinos).
It's Friday afternoon. Do you know where your bearings are?
The Obama-McCain "bearings" tiff continues to get bipartisan blog traction, with Red State's Soren Dayton calling the comment a cheap shot, and Judith Klinghoffer at the conservative Political Mavens saying it indicates a broader lack of respect from Obama. On the left, Daily Kos's Trapper John argues that the McCain camp's touchiness has less to do with fear of ageism than concerns about the candidate losing his "straight talking" sheen.
—Robert Schlesinger
Reader Comments
HOW HILLARY LOSES
THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T LEAVE HER, THE PUBLIC DID. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD YOU COMPARE HER TO JOE LIEBERMAN. THERE'S A TAG TEAM FROM HELL. JOE HAS HIS OWN AGENDA AND SO DOES HILLARY. NEITHER HAS THE BACK BONE TO FOLLOW THE WANTS OF THE MAJORITY THAT WANT US OUT OF IRAQ. NEITHER HAVE THE ETHICS TO BE TRUSTED BY HARD WORKING CITIZENS OF ANY RACE.
Who will save us?
Regardless of the political rhetoric and promises of the candidates the USA will not be leaving Iraq any time soon. The issues involved are very complex so none of the candidates will have enough "fire power" to be our savior as many individuals are hoping to happen. Issues such as health care, the economy, abortion, illegal immigration and national defense have been with us a long time. A look at history tells us that these problems have solutions but these need the full cooperation of the American people, corporations, businesses, government, etc. This is an overwhelming task for any one individual to manage the cooperation of all in order to overcome the specific self interests of each group and subgroups of our heterogenious society. We can hope but let us be realistic about our expectations regardless who our next president will be.
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How Hillary Wins
Hillary Clinton is still ahead of McCain in the ability to become the next President. The day Obama declares himself the winner she should choose a Vice-President and run as a Independent. She has just as much rights to push to become the first Female President.
She has her loyal voters and she could pick up the moderate vote if she ran. Like Joe Lieberman the Democrat Party left her, she did not leave the Democrat Party.
May 10, 2008 21:26:04 PM [permalink] [report comment]