GARY HART: Clinton billion dollar campaign should frighten Americans; alarmed at dynastic politics

politico.com ^ | 4/6/15 | Jonathan Topaz

[Old Sarge]

Last I heard, Donna is an evangelist now?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Last I heard, Donna is an evangelist now?"

That is indeed rich....

[Old Sarge]

And gee, only 150 years to go...

[KevinB]

Gary, how’s Donna Rice these days?

I'd give up a shot at the presidency for a shot at that.

[Cementjungle]

The free promotion any Democrat gets from the MSM and from Hollywood and the talk show circuit is worth at least a billion and they don't have to spend a penny to get that.

Hillary probably already has at least a billion saved up from the money that got "misplaced" while she was SOS, so it's really going to be an uphill battle for any GOP candidate.

[Liz]

Hillary probably already has at least a billion from the $6 billion "misplaced" while she was SOS....it's really going to be an uphill battle for any GOP candidate.

The clintons' billion dollar war chest could breed overconfidence.....and that could be a political landmine.

IS THE "UNTOUCHABLE" HILLARY ANOTHER ERIC CANTOR IN THE MAKING?

In Florida the massively-funded Hillary has a 7-point advantage among women; and half of the college-educated women’s vote (against Bush), far surpassing Obama’s 42 percent in 2012. In Ohio, she leads all candidates among women by double digits. Same goes for Pennsylvania, where she has at least an 18-point lead among female voters, including a whopping 23-point advantage over Bush.

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Then-Repub Majority Leader---Eric Cantor (Va)---- was highly visible, and collected tons of money---Cantor spent 26X times his opponent's $100K.

<><> Cantor consistently polled an astounding 34 points ahead of the unknown candidate Brat.

<><> Cantor was considered "inevitable" and "untouchable".

<><> Cantor had no ethics problems.

<><> Cantor sucked-up to an anti-tea party group.

<><> Cantor sucked up to the latino vote.

<><> Cantor showboated his leadership---was into "diversity" bigtime.

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BY CONTRAST, CANDIDATE BRAT ran as Cantor's TERM LIMIT

<><> Brat roundly opposed, and was vociferous against amnesty.

<><> Brat ran as a staunch conservative (now in Congress he has a conservative rating 100%.)

<><> On elections day, Brat got 18,000 more Repub out to the polls than the previous election that elected Cantor.

CANTOR IN DEFEAT----DUMBFOUNDED:

[Liz]

Another legendary Democrat defeat was NY liberal——Cong Bella Abzug-—in a solid Democrat district w/ all the lib credentials.

She had ooodles of money and ran a classic aggressive Democrat campaign.

But voters got sick of her relentless campaigning and visibility——some voters rec’d 3-4 phone reminder calls.

They went to the polls in droves and voted her out.