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Posted on 05/01/2005 7:11:49 AM PDT by Libloather
Former Bush aid says 2008 Democratic nomination belongs to Hillary Clinton
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A former aide to President Bush says the 2008 Democratic nomination for president is all Hillary Rodham Clinton's if she wants it. But former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said Clinton, now a Democratic senator representing New York, has no chance of actually becoming president.
Fleischer's comments were made Friday as he spoke at an Oneida County luncheon attended by supporters of Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford.
Fleischer said there's not a Democrat anywhere in the country that can beat Mrs. Clinton in a Democratic primary. "She is the passion of the party," Fleischer said.
Still, he said while there's no clear successor to George W. Bush, he predicted another Republican will ultimately take the White House again in 2008.
Fleischer said Democrats have become the party of Fahrenheit 9-11 filmaker Michael Moore and the liberal wing, which he claims is out of touch with a nation that is becoming increasingly conservative.
Polls have shown Clinton leading the field for the Democratic presidential nomination. Nonetheless, the former first lady and her top aides maintain her focus is on winning a second Senate term in 2006, and they have stopped talking publicly about the White House and the next presidential election.
Even so, veteran Republican operative Arthur Finkelstein on Friday launched a campaign called "Stop Her Now," featuring telephone calls aimed at "spreading the truth about Hillary Clinton and her dangerous plans for our country."
William Black, a Virginia-based political fundraiser who is executive director of the Stop Her Now effort, said he would like to raise about $10 million this year through the telephone calls, a direct-mail campaign that will be launched later and through the Web site, www.StopHerNow.com. Black said he hoped to begin the TV ad campaign sometime this year.
Maybe she'll do well with the illegal alien vote...
I believe there is a clear successor, Condi Rice.
She gets more frightening looking as time goes on.......
She gets more frightening looking as time goes on.......
Or Frist, depending on the outcome of the constitutional option showdown in the Senate.
Does anyone else think Her Royal Highness is starting to look like Janet Reno?
I think Condi is Pres. Bush's choice.
Condi Rice won't win in the rural portions of the country. Plus she has pro-choice views.
So who's gonna be proven right -- Ari or Newt?
I don't think that's true. I live in a rural area, and I think Condi would do quite well here, particularly against Hillary Clinton.
If she is the DNC's candidate, it'll just prove that the Dems have learned nothing from 2004.
Of course Hillary will win overwhelmingly with all illegal votes, including illegal aliens, but she has been talking tough on illegal immigration so there is a chance she will be able to play it both ways and score politically. The media will certainly aid her in this, as they will allow her to talk tough w/o labeling her a racist/bigot/xenophobe, etc.
After reading the thread "Is Matt Drudge Gay?", I see this about Hillary, then Reno's name is brought up.
That's just too much for a Sunday morning.
If by 'clear', you mean bad, then I'd agree.
She is most likely to the left on social/cultural issues. She is pro-racial preferences. She is pro-choice. Her judicial picks would most likely be atrocious.
Like Giuliani, she should return to her home state and run for something there. I'd support her wholeheartedly against Sens Boxer or Feinstein, or for governor of Ca, but not for President.
Never has one individual best represented the Democrat Party!
"She gets more frightening looking as time goes on......."
What she says to groups made up of Rats is what is really scary!
Pro-choice might be a problem in West Virginia but I think she'd still carry the state. The killer is being pro-gun control. That killed both Gore and Kerry in this state.
Condi is as pro-choice as GWB is. The three exceptions, no?
She also thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned and abortion be reguulated by the states.
That's a heck of a lot better than Hillary "NARAL" Clinton.
Don't worry, she will be visiting her plastic surgeon in due time. We will see a more rested, youthful Hillary.
Nothing is going to stop her. I have little, to NO faith, in the American People.
What are the chances that the democrats, running for President, will help destroy her in the nomination process? I suspect very little.
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