Hillary continues to do and say nothing as unfavorables tick up

Hotair ^ | 05/14/2015 | Mary Katharine Ham

[murron]

This reminds me of something that happened in the Olympics figure skating championship a few years ago. There was a female skater who was the favorite to win the gold. Another female skater was maybe going to win the bronze at best. So the skater who was picked to win the gold went out and skated a very safe program. No more jumps than she had to do, and basically a lackluster performance so as not to make any mistakes and, literally, skate to the gold.

The other skater went out there and skated her heart out. She aced not only the jumps she was supposed to do, but threw in a few more. She was exuberant, smiling, energetic and had the audience on their feet at the end of her program.

The end of the story is the gold wannabe ended up with a bronze medal, and the supposed also-ran won the gold.

My point is that Hillary appears to be doing the same thing. She thinks she’s a shoo in to win the nomination, so she’s trying to play it safe and not make mistakes by saying something to the press that could come back to bite her later. But she may be being too clever by half and this lack of accessibility could end up costing her the gold.

[jonno]

Excellent appraisal.

(hopefully we don't have to watch her skate...)

[Lurkinanloomin]

No worries, the RNC will save Hillary! by nominating another designated loser, this time Jeb Bush.

He will lose graciously.

Does anyone think he’ll attack the woman he gave an award to last year?

[Din Maker]

OK, if Hillary does NOT show up to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi next week, Trey Gowdy, or the Speaker of the House, should dispatch U.S. Marshall’s, with warrant in-hand, to locate her and arrest her.

[Din Maker]

if Martin O’Malley announces his candidacy on May 30th, as has been reported, Hillary will be in big trouble. After his announcement, he should immediately make himself accessible to the press.

Exactly! And, I think that he will do just that. "Smoke her out" if possible, and if not capitalize on the fact that "Hillary thinks the nomination is hers and she does not have to face the American people and let them know where she stands on the substantive issues." Get on that horse and ride it until it falls down!!!

[N. Theknow]

But, I’m sure many people wonder what her platform is, why she is running, what her issues are.

Question to Hillary, "How do you handle your issues?"

Depends.