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THE END GAME: Clinton Hits Rough Patch As Iowa Showdown Nears (Barf Alert)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| November 23, 2007
| JACKIE CALMES
Posted on 11/22/2007 9:15:21 PM PST by Aristotelian
Rivals Strike From Left As She Courts Center; 'Responsibility Gene'
BALLSTON, Va. -- As Hillary Clinton huddled with advisers not long ago, she was pressed to stake a position popular with the party's left-leaning voters on one issue. But the presidential front-runner resisted. It wasn't her position.
"If I do what you all want me to do, I'll look great for the next couple months," she said, according to one insider's account. "But what if I'm the nominee? I'll be ripped apart by the Republicans. And what if I'm the president? My hands will be tied."
The New York senator's response captured the tension at the core of her 10-month-old presidential bid, and helps illuminate why she has hit a dangerously bumpy stretch as January's first nominating votes near. Sen. Clinton actually is running two campaigns at once -- courting left-leaning Democrats to get the nomination, but mindful even now of maintaining a sufficiently centrist course to withstand Republican attacks and win election next November.
Beyond that, Sen. Clinton views her campaign as a template for her possible presidency. Having witnessed Bill Clinton's early struggles reconciling campaign promises with governing -- and guided by his private advice now -- she knows first hand that what candidates say now for political points can haunt them as president. Close advisers call this caution her "responsibility gene."
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; ia2008; leonarddownie
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To: PhilDragoo; devolve
Lol, I think she just did 3 posts ago!!
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posted on
11/22/2007 10:29:06 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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posted on
11/22/2007 10:36:13 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
Better watch out - that gun is cocked!!
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posted on
11/22/2007 10:38:27 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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She could try the “Back” key!
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posted on
11/22/2007 10:46:42 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
The back key may take her to “the end zone”!! It’s a rough patch!
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posted on
11/22/2007 10:50:21 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:05:52 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
You and I just need to write a comedy book instead of posting under “politics”, lolol.
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:09:46 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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Somebody has to put some hot sauce on the internet!
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:17:27 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
And you elected yourself, lol.
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:25:56 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
It's a dirty job but somebody has to do it!
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:30:28 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
Even though this is called “The End Game”, I dare not post the gif I’d like to post to your reply, heh!
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:32:26 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:37:38 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
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posted on
11/22/2007 11:41:09 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: umgud
As long as we have someone conservative, yes.
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posted on
11/23/2007 12:40:09 AM PST
by
Rick_Michael
(The Anti-Federalists failed....so will the Anti-Frederalists)
To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
“...the fact that Bill was able to get re-elected.”
Bill was reelected against a, shall we say, lackluster candidate in ‘86 with 49.1% of the vote. Even running as an incumbent against that political powerhouse Bob Dole, he never managed to get a majority of the vote. Bill Clinton is wildly popular among DEMOCRATS because he represents power to them, but he was never wildly popular with the overall electorate.
Democrats ignore that very critical fact to their detriment.
To: LadyNavyVet; devolve; PhilDragoo; potlatch; y'all
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posted on
11/23/2007 9:53:09 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: PhilDragoo
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! Love it! And SOOOoooo true, too!
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posted on
11/23/2007 9:58:05 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP; potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik
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posted on
11/23/2007 10:01:25 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
To: devolve
Oh my gosh, I thought this thread looked familiar, lol.
Haven’t seen Ann in awhile!
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posted on
11/23/2007 10:05:50 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: MeekOneGOP; devolve
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posted on
11/23/2007 10:06:28 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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