That is done all the time, including by her husband in 1990. It means nothing.
Second, she will have to successfully navigate a national primary campaign,
No problem, just look at the dims who are holding back, and did on Kerry, waiting for her to run.
she brings with her all the baggage and corruption of the eight years of Clinton/Gore/Reno,
Meaningless to the press and dims and some middle of the road women. What they don't like they hang on Bill.
There is also the bigger question of how she can manage the pressures of a national campaign that will keep her in the spotlight 24/7. My bet is that when SHE is the center of attention, she won't be able to handle it.
A good campaign will handle this.
Third, her entire political philosophy will come under fire: her mysterious thesis paper from Wellesley that was reportedly so pro-Marxist that she had it sealed from public view, her ham-handed attempt to nationalize health care that was roundly rejected by the American people and the Congress, her involvement in the endless scandals of Billigula (not to mention the latest indictment of her former fund raising guy just this past week).
Meaningless.
Finally, if Howard Dean should somehow become the next DNC chairman, the Clintons won't have ANY friend in that position (as they did with their appointed hand puppet Terry 'The Punk' McAwful), and Dean will make it difficult if not impossible for Senator Fat Ankles to get a leg up (ewww) on the competition. Even if Dean does NOT become DNC chairman, there are still the massive numbers of far left Deaniacs that will not automatically rubber stamp Her Thighness unless she goes so far left that she falls into the same trap that Kerry did this past year.
OK this is a good point, but your first.
Hillary ain't got a prayer. Take that to the bank.
You are, sorry to say, just plain wrong here. I hate her, but she will be hard to beat, and your type thinking will help her get a head start.
While the thought of a three-way bloodbath between Ketchup Boy, the Wicked Witch of the West Wing, and Algore for the RAT nomination is fun to envision, the scariest part is that one of those 3 people will emerge with the nomination. The thought of any one of them in the Oval Office is scary.
good post.
the key to beating her starts now, we need some 527s up and running, not to dredge up all these scandals, but to prevent her from redefining herself. she can't be allowed to have 4 years to redefine herself and move to the center, often with idiots like Lindsey Graham kissing her a**, without any rebuttal that her newly found positions are lies. we can't start the campaign against her in September of 2008, likely with a little known national candidate of our own, after she has had all this time to reshape her image.