Posted on 12/06/2006 1:07:45 AM PST by goldstategop
Now that Hillary has dropped the coy pretense of indecision that she used to justify her reelection to a Senate seat she no longer wants and has told friends that she plans to run for president, two questions present themselves: Can she win? And what kind of a president would she be? She definitely can win…and probably will. She is uniquely able to expand the electorate to bring in millions of women, mostly single, who will vote overwhelmingly for a female Democrat. The feminization of poverty, long decried by the left, will finally lead unmarried women to show up at the polling place and vote their short-term economic interest and vindicate their gender bias. In 2000, only 19 million single women voted. By 2004, their turnout rose to 27 million. With Hillary in the race, the single-female vote will probably go up to its proper ratio of the adult population — 33 million votes.
Can white men outvote single women? Despite the intensity with which white men tend to oppose Hillary, they can’t vote twice.
The enthusiasm that will grip many Americans — women in particular — at the cultural implications of a woman president will probably sweep through the primaries and cause many to overlook Hillary’s flaws and dismiss her defects. The generic of a woman candidate will prove so attractive that millions of voters will overcome their objections to the specific person who is running.
Her mastery of the establishment of the Democratic Party, her vast lead among ex-officio delegates — many of whom have received campaign contributions from her coffers — and the celebrity draw of her ex-president husband will prove hard for a mere mortal to overcome.
But should she win? No way!
Those who know both Hillary and Bill well and are willing to speak frankly in public realize the fundamental differences between the two and grasp how his abilities are the counterpoints to her defects.
He is intensely creative, constantly turning issues over in his mind seeking new solutions. She rarely has a new idea but specializes in advocacy — the rote recitation of talking points.
He has an instinctual feel for people and an uncanny ability to read a room and know what everyone in it is thinking. She is obtuse in her understanding of people and ham-handed in her approach.
He cares deeply about being loved. She seeks popularity as a means to the goal of getting elected but otherwise marches to the beat of her inner, liberal drummer.
He distrusts ideology, and his innate perfectionism finds all belief systems flawed. She swallows the ideological line of the guru du jour hook, line and sinker. During the healthcare years, it was Ira Magaziner who pushed her buttons. When she decided to back the Iraq War, it was the generals who paraded before her committee. She is vulnerable to a cultish adoration of the guys with all the answers.
He lets the give and take of politics wash off his back. A critic is a potential convert whom he hopes to charm over to his side. She has a rigidly dichotomized view of friends and enemies, demanding total loyalty and public silence from the former and maintaining a ruthless determination to destroy the latter. She is a Democratic Nixon to those whom she perceives as her enemies.
He is a moderate by instinct, seeking incremental change. She devotedly and deeply believes in a European-style socialism in which government takes much more of our national income and offers a far wider array of services and benefits.
He’ll raise taxes when he has to. She’ll increase them just to redistribute income.
He’s most like Eisenhower, Kennedy and Bush Sr. — feeling his way, acting with caution, and skeptical of all advice. She is more like LBJ, Nixon or Bush Jr. — determined to charge ahead and do what she thinks needs to be done, the torpedoes be damned.
And finally, he knows who he is and, except for his private shortcomings, is not ashamed to let it show. She constantly seeks to reinvent herself and rigidly maintains an almost totally inaccurate image in public of what she is really like in private. He has little discipline. Hers is iron. His caution is innate. Hers is a learned response to what happens when people see who she really is.
He made a very good domestic-policy president. She would be a disaster at home and abroad.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
...but...but...I thought Osama Obama was a shoo-in! Now it's Hillary?
Of course she could win. Anyone who underestimates Hillary does so at the country's peril.
The way to assure that she doesn't win is to rally behind a strong candidate and vote.
After this last election I think most
Americans are stupid. They'll vote for Hillary
just to feel good about themselves but
blame Bush when the country sinks into a socialist disaster.
At this point Obama could win easily.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Uhg.
This is one woman who would never vote for Hillary.
The Toe is 100% correct on this. Hitlery is dumber than a box of brainless rocks. During a national campaign, she will not be able to hide that fact. Also her chalk-on-the-chalkboard voice will be heard nationally.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Question isn't can she win. Question is can she get out of the primaries unscathed?
I think the Kennedy and Gore factions of the Democrat party are going to put up their candidates believing that they are stronger then the Clinton faction. I think the Clintons will chew them up and spit them out. They have better operatives and are willing to go nuclear to get what they are after.
Plus 900 FBI files or at the least the rumor about them might just be enough to shut Kennedy up.
" The way to assure that she doesn't win is to rally behind a strong candidate and vote."
Agreed. A strong, charismatic candidate who can think on his feet and is a powerful speaker is what Repubs need to counter the Hellary juggernaut that this country is on a collision course with.
I like Morris' kernel of an idea that she is Nixonian in her vision of people as either friends or enemies, and how ruthless she is in destroying the latter. Maybe that would make a good pre-Primary campaign from the RNC - "Hillary - the democrat Nixon".
P.S. - I think it's a real shame that we can't elect Jeb, but I can just hear the howls of "nepotism!!" from the Kennedy family-worshipping left.
Barack Obama has a name issue: Barack "Hussein" Obama
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton? Is this all we have to be president?
Despite the intensity with which white men tend to oppose despise Hillary...
They can easily elect Hillary "'cause it's our turn".
The question is, can we start impeachment proceedings on her before she is sworn in as President?
Don't you look forward to the day when we are treated to Sen. Chelsea Clinton?
I am convinced that morris actually loves the beast... fantasizes about her... wants her. He is far too fixated on her. She is a dangerous force, but one with so many attached strings that the dumbest of Republicans could bring her down easily in the General Election. She will be defeated in the dim primaries, however. Most dims hate her as much as I do... and that is a HUGE amount!!!
LLS
Osama Bama will be her veep running mate...unless polls show that people won't vote for a Muslim, and he becomes toxic to the Dem's chances of winning. She will say and do anything to win.
The democrats pulled out all the stops to defeat George Allen and Rick Santorum (thereby, destroying any of the Presidential ambitions). Rudy could have done the same thing to Hillary, but he chose not to (maybe because he felt that even HE could not beat her there).
If Rudy would have 'dethroned' her in NY--he could have kept the senate in Rebpublican hands--while greatly furthering his own presidential ambitions with many in the party who will not support him (like me).
Rudy had his big chance to do the country, the state of NY, his party and himself a great service,,,,and sadly chose not to. Oh well.
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