Five Reasons Clinton Should Be Worried

Politico via CBS News ^ | Feb. 07, 2008 | Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen

[Malsua]

The calendar is her enemy.

That's an understatement.

[ari-freedom]

if obama wins the nomination that would be a repudiation of the 8 clinton years and universal health care

[Graybeard58]

The democrat race is something that I have not paid a lot of attention to. They are both communists. Obama’s pro abortion policy is slightly worse than Hillary’s, other than that, where’s the difference? Either of them would be a disaster for our country.

[Rummyfan]

One reason is that polls and primary results reveal that the more voters get to know Obama, the more they seem to like him.

They left out the converse: the more voters get to know Hillary, the less they like her.

[the invisib1e hand]

ok. the media has dumped her for obamaha.

they're up to something.

[Brilliant]

why worry? just break out in tears and the problem is solved.

[Ingtar]

first lady should be spooked

The call screener for Rush pointed out the use of this word today. I'm guessing this writer might wish they used a different phrase.

[tioga]

listen to obama - his slick tongue and charisma will be a dangerous thing in november. hillary will lose, him? it will be a tough battle......and mccain does not have it in him.

[Ronin]

I agree, but Obama in the White House might be the slightly lesser of two evils. He’s young, he’s not a socialist fanatic, and most importantly he’s NOT a Clinton.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I want to see her fail by a ——hair, and have an emotional breakdown, live. If it has to be on pay-per-view, so be it.

[PGalt]

Time to trot out Bill, cry some crocodile tears, blame it on the vast-black-wing-conspiracy or hope you pick up Monica Lewinsky's endorsement.

Run Hillaryous Run!

[Sax]

Don’t believe any MSM feint towards Obama, it’s not genuine, in fact it’s the opposite. Hillary has a ton of FL & MI delegates that will be seated.

[squidly]

He’s young, he’s not a socialist fanatic, and most importantly he’s NOT a Clinton.

2 out of 3 ain't bad, but he makes Hillary look like Socialist Lite.

[Brad from Tennessee]

6. A large portion of Obama voters are historically vulnerable to the most outlandish conspiracy theories (Apollo moon landings were a big hoax, 9/11 was an inside job, the feds dynamited the New Orleans dikes.) If Obama doesn’t win there could be an unpleasant reaction.

[squidly]

I believe Obama is a universal health care type also.

[plain talk]

Yes interesting times. Besides the obvious here is my take

McCain vs Hillary: Both have likability problems. So McCain can’t benefit as much as a Republican nominee should. Huck or Mitt could have exploited this weakness of Hillary much more effectively. McCain trumpets military + cutting costs but misses huge opportunity since many many voters vote based on likability.

McCain vs Obama: McCain loses his “independent” advantage because of Obama’s change message. That is how McCain got to be the Republican nominee in the first place - because of independents. Obama trumps McCain on likability. McCain’s strength is military background + maverick streak and maverick streak is neutralized. So what’s left is his military advantage - so McCain becomes a Bob Dole. Obama exploits McCain’s unlikability.

So McCain has problems with either candidate.

[maine-iac7]

No. 6

The Devil catches up with his own eventually

[Ronin]

My gut feeling about Obama is that he would be a bit more restrained and containable than Hillary would be.

She’s a thug. She fights dirty. Oh hell, I’ve said it all before...

I guess this election is going to be about WHICH socialist gets the keys to the White House. Geez... Thank God it’s Friday. I need to unwind with some chess games with friends and some adult beverages.

[rogue yam]

...he’s not a socialist fanatic...

Obama seems like a full-on socialist to me.