Posted on 09/19/2003 3:09:22 PM PDT by LonePalm
She doesn't want any of the Dim candidates in a strong position.
(and BTW, I think slick is simply following orders at this point).
All of this nonsense about her website and the speculation as to whether she'll run or not is generated by her and her minions. Trial balloons, and they keep her name in the news.
I think her plan is to wait and see what position Bush is in as the election nears.
If she thinks he is vulnerable, she will go for it, but she must be assured that no other Dim will be in place to fight her for the nomination. (Just like the NY run, only Dean may not be so willing to step aside).
If Dean is still a strong front-runner after the Clark buzz dies down, and hillary! has decided to run, expect to see some damaging items about Dean (from anonymous sources, of course) make the news.
This would more or less be my guess too (and it is at best that -- a guess), but for one thing... money. They've got a lot of candidates out there soaking up a lot of contributions, and it's not an unlimited well. OTOH, if the other candidates were, um, persuaded to turn over contributions to HRH HRC...?)
Because the facts seem to fit the hypothesis. I am testing my hypothesis by soliciting peer review comments.
Please submit your thoughts and contradicting evidence.
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Can we quote you on that in, say, six months?
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Gee - Thanks for the imagery there, Timesink!!! ;-P
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Well hopefully she`ll be in jail by then.
Back in 1980 when Slick lost the governorship, she plotted ferociously, even as she was soon to be evicted from the governor's mansion, on how to get back in in 1982 - and she did. What's happening today is almost an exact parallel. She and Slick were evicted in 2000 (due to term limits, to be sure, but still evicted nonetheless) and she has spent every moment since January 2001 plotting her return. Slick can't be president again, so now it's Her! turn -- only, she needed a power base to work from in order to return as Queen of the USA, so she became a Senator in order to facilitate her return to the White House.
As someone else said, 4 years is an eternity in politics. If she waits until 2008, she loses all the bloom off the rose. She has to be re-elected as Senator in 2006 at minimum in order to have a chance at it, and that's not a sure thing by any means. Too risky.
Consider her basic personality. This horrid woman is driven mainly by one thing - a perpetual lust for power and control over others. There's a groundwork of psychological reasons for this, but that's not even important at this point; what's key is, she will do ANYTHING to get back in power, and she's not willing to wait. Don't forget, being the true leftist/Marxist/elitist she is, she really does think that she is fit to rule over everyone else, and that it is her rightful destiny, almost a birthright. She can't shake this perception. She views this period between 2000 and 2004 as a temporary aside that she must endure, but she will not endure it any longer than she has to.
I agree, Clark is just a sock puppet that the Klintons have put up to serve their purpose of killing Dean's chances. A stalking horse. Hillary! may play well to her adoring feminist crowd, but Americans would largely reject her - her superior demeanor, obvious phoniness, political tin ear and shrill outbursts are just too much for most people to stomach, and even she knows this. Therefore she can't afford to run a lengthy campaign; she needs a short distance, starting mid-2004 at the Democratic Convention where she will be "drafted", so she can sprint to the finish line in Nov 2004. She can manage 5-6 months with the loyal media helping her out.
There is no question in my mind - she's running!
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