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What's Wrong with Hillary's Campaign Team?
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| 22 MARCH 2007
| Dick Morris
Posted on 03/22/2007 6:04:35 AM PDT by rdb3
Why is Hillary Clinton’s campaign team -- supposedly so experienced and so far superior to those of the other candidates-- advising her straight into defeat?
She’s gone steadily downhill since she announced, and at this rate, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd will be ahead of her in a few months.
One key reason may be that her ‘team’ may not be used to working in Democratic primaries and never expected any real opposition this time. They simply don’t know how to deal with the nuances of a primary, as we can see in what’s happened to her ratings.
Bill Clinton didn’t have a primary in 1996 and Hillary has none in 2000 and only token opposition in 2006. So, two of her top three advisers – Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson,- have had no experience in serious national primary campaigns. It shows. And the third member of the top tier, Mandy Grunwald, is a film producer, not a strategist.
But one thing is clear: All of them, and Hillary, too, expected to simply walk away with the Democratic nomination and then grab the White House. Just like the two New York Senate races.
But then along came Obama.
After his announcement, Hillary had no choice. She had to jump in. But she and her advisers still thought that she could run as a sort of imperial- incumbent- in- waiting whose ascendancy was a given.
That didn’t work.
Obama and Edwards didn’t hesitate to criticize call her on her Iraq war vote. (The one that was never mentioned in the New York Senate campaign) And the Democratic left has repeatedly challenged her conservative positions.
Her advisers thought that they could use the same tactics that they had used in the Clinton White House and in her two virtually unopposed Senate races. And so they attacked Obama.
Those didn’t work.
Instead of helping her, she completely lost her lead over black voters. It was a disaster.
They thought that she would charm the voters once they got to know her.
That certainly hasn’t worked.
It’s going to be a very long campaign and already, she doesn’t seem to be wearing too well. A year and a half more of Hillary as Oprah is not something to look forward to. The flat voice, the canned lines, the “Bill and I” lines are already grating on her listeners. So far, the ‘charm’ hasn’t worked.
They thought that the voters wouldn’t pick up on her flip flops and canned lines.
They were wrong about that. She’s been castigated by the left at every campaign stop and the term ‘scripted’ is probably the single most frequently used description of her.
They thought that they could still treat the emotional and angry rantings of Bill Clinton as if they were the emotional and angry rantings of a sitting President of the United States. So when he said: “Attack”, they aimed.
That backfired.
They thought that Bill Clinton was her ace in the hole – the world’s best political consultant, her private guru, who would guide her to an easy and early victory.
But that certainly hasn’t been true. His clouded judgment and obsession with rewriting his own legacy gets in the way of objective advice.
So, the woman with most brilliant political team in the country has been repeatedly outmaneuvered and outsmarted. She’s on the defensive and going downhill.
Her attack dog Wolfson has been put on the bench. Bill Clinton has been relegated to private fund raisers. And Hillary is tanking in the polls.
Some team!
Look for the ‘team’ to start pointing fingers.
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: hildebeast; hitlary; obama
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To: mewzilla
now THAT mental image is disgusting - bad enough we see those cankles every once in awhile when she sends the black pant suit to the cleaners........
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posted on
03/22/2007 7:19:30 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
LOL. Sorry. Seriously though, the fear factor explains a lot, I think. Lady MacBeth is her own worst enemy.
42
posted on
03/22/2007 7:26:25 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: rdb3
Who wants a woman for president? Especially ,Hidebeast!
43
posted on
03/22/2007 7:30:30 AM PDT
by
hissingdemonrats=beware
(Algore = hot dung emitting harmful gasses to the atmosphere)
To: mewzilla
-now think about this.....bill has seen her nakeeed and he runs FROM the hill whenever he gets the chance.......we should BEWARE!
-and seriously she is her own worst enemy....she needn't blame it on anyone else.
44
posted on
03/22/2007 7:31:05 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: hissingdemonrats=beware
Any one even notice how Mandy grunwald, and Helen Thomas look alike? I wonder if they are related...double ugly..
45
posted on
03/22/2007 7:48:29 AM PDT
by
JoanneSD
To: mewzilla
No-one dares tell the empress she's wearing no clothes.
A mental image I could have done without!
46
posted on
03/22/2007 7:57:11 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: ontap
A mental image I could have done without!In that case, you definitely don't want to click here
Heh heh heh....
47
posted on
03/22/2007 8:03:24 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: nascarnation
All the sleaze without the slick. Yupe. You nailed it in one sentence.
To: rdb3
Car-vile and Begaga may be out of their league now. The rise of talk radio, Fox News and blogs has made it harder for candidates to take different positions based on the audience. Bill Clinton was a smooth charmer who, when caught lying, could spin his way out of it. Shrillary, when caught, gives the "deer in the headlights" look and then tries to crack a joke that falls flat. She's not talented enough to pander to all the aggreived factions that comprise the Democrat party.
To: rdb3
She's still got $200M+ and all of the big state primaries are getting stacked into a short period of time. I see her fingerprints all over the accelerated primary schedule. I forecast the mother of all media barrages during those primaries. And don't forget that dims can BUY a win in the primaries. Vote fraud is perpetrated by PROFESSIONALS FOR CASH. One of the top vote fraud investigators in the CA Attorney General's office told me, "For a half million dollars ANYONE can win the primary and the general election in most of our districts".
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posted on
03/22/2007 8:15:18 AM PDT
by
darth
To: ctdonath2
Everything you said is right (skeletons marching out of the closet is a great visual).
I'd just add that very few of the politicos have a handle on the power of the Internet. Everything they say is repeated, videoed, analyzed endlessly on sites like FR and even DU. Forget the 'power of the press.' The Internet can be a mighty advocate, or foe.
51
posted on
03/22/2007 8:19:49 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(They call me DOCTOR radiohead.)
To: rdb3
Morris is so frequently and glaringly wrong, it is difficult to take any of this seriously.
52
posted on
03/22/2007 9:40:02 AM PDT
by
NCSteve
(What good is it if you're wearing your superman underwear and can't show it to anyone?)
To: HIDEK6
"She's just like Richard Nixon, except she doesn't have his charisma."
Or intelligence, experience, political skills, wisdom and class.
53
posted on
03/22/2007 11:26:33 AM PDT
by
karnage
To: nascarnation
I'll tell you; Barak Hussein "Osama" Obama scares me more than Hillary. I think he is a closet Muslim.
54
posted on
03/22/2007 1:19:01 PM PDT
by
no dems
(Fred Thompson for Prez /Herman Cain for VEEP in '08)
To: karnage
55
posted on
03/22/2007 1:20:21 PM PDT
by
no dems
(Fred Thompson for Prez /Herman Cain for VEEP in '08)
To: no dems
Hard to believe America will vote for somebody named Hussein, but I do agree that Obama is a formidable personality.
56
posted on
03/22/2007 1:22:48 PM PDT
by
karnage
To: rod1
Soon it will be Carville and Begala time. Snake and Forehead know how to take care of candidates like the upstart Obamarama. and watch for the MSM-embedded Clintanoids, Steffi et al., to begin to come to Hillary's rescue.When Carville and Paul Beg Allah return on the scene they'll put an end to Obamatime but it might just sink Missus Clinton too.
57
posted on
03/22/2007 1:29:38 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(the earth has a fever, I'm totally cereal - Al "Manbearpig" Gore Jr.)
To: relictele
Some have stated in convincing fashion that it will be a Hillary/Obama ticket in one form or another. I wonder which one will have the better chance: 1) Hillary!/Obama, or 2) Obama/Hillary!/Arkancide?
-PJ
To: Izzy Dunne
Mrs. Bill Clinton is what is wrong. She is even lower than a zero.
59
posted on
03/22/2007 1:40:13 PM PDT
by
mulligan
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