Posted on 01/14/2016 4:42:52 AM PST by Kaslin
It's happening again. The "inevitability" of Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy may not be so inevitable after all. Unlike eight years ago when Barack Obama beat her for the Democratic nomination and ultimately won the office Hillary and her supporters believed she was entitled to, this time her main opponent is not just Sen. Bernie Sanders, a socialist, it is Hillary Clinton herself.
Serious media and congressional investigations into Richard Nixon's Watergate crimes did not begin until after his landslide win in 1972. In Hillary Clinton's case, damaging investigations are occurring in the middle of her campaign.
Catherine Herridge, chief intelligence correspondent for the Fox News Channel, reports: "The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email as secretary of state has expanded to look at whether the possible 'intersection' of Clinton Foundation work and State Department business may have violated public corruption laws, three intelligence sources not authorized to speak on the record told Fox News. This track is in addition to the focus on classified material found on Clinton's personal server."
As Investors.com notes, "Hillary Clinton's support among Democrats nationally has taken a serious tumble, falling eight points to 43 percent, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll. Support for her chief rival, Bernie Sanders, rose six points to 39 percent. As a result, Clinton's lead over Sanders, which had been 18 points, is now just four points."
According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll, Clinton and Sanders are in tight races in both Iowa and New Hampshire. With less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, such numbers are not good news for any candidate, especially Hillary Clinton, whose veracity and job record in the various offices and positions she has held are anything but stellar. Very quickly, Clinton has gone from big mo, to slow mo, to no mo.
Americans wisely don't fully trust politicians of either party, but Hillary Clinton suffers more than most. Last August, a Quinnipiac University poll found that only 34 percent of those Americans surveyed believed Clinton is "honest and trustworthy." Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll, reports CNN.com, said that Clinton is experiencing a "continuing slide" with how she is "perceived by voters who continue to say she is not honest and trustworthy."
Democrats are likely worried not just about whether Clinton can capture the nomination -- and the odds still favor that outcome -- but whether she will be further damaged by the FBI investigations and whether that damage could possibly lead to an indictment, as some Republicans hope. Donald Trump has added to Clinton's woes by bringing up her husband's past behavior toward women at a time when she has positioned herself as the women's champion.
Voices are being heard among the political classes about the possibility of replacing Clinton on the Democratic ticket with Vice President Joe Biden should that become necessary. Such a move could severely impair the Democrat's ability to win the female vote. In a highly unpredictable political year, the Biden scenario would take unpredictability to a new level.
I saw a bumper sticker recently that proclaimed the driver was "Ready for Hillary." With the candidate's disapproval numbers rising and her approval numbers slip slidin' away, it doesn't appear that too many other voters are, in fact, ready.
All this is beneficial to Trump. He is the outsider. Cruz needs to hammer this corruption charge hard so that he can benefit also.
The Clintons got Bernie to run to make Hillary not look so radically left!!
She was a bad candidate in 2008.
She's even worse now, actually she's horrifyingly bad.
She's every bit as bad as Jeb, and for most of the same reasons.
If they can replace her with anybody who has a respectable pulse, they will. How bad is the bench for the rats? So far, they can't find anyone with a respectable pulse.
Bernie may want to start traveling by bus or at least make sure no new mechanics are working on his plane.
Pray America wakes
I’m feeling the Bern! Comrade Sanders is the new & improved George McGovern, now with more Marxism!
But will she away go when she is replaced??
My question isn't will she go away, but what will she do if she actually wins the rat nomination......
My guess: She'll act like a WWF champ on steroids for a few weeks, then sheepishly look around as polls head below 40%.
I cant imagine a candidate any weaker then her.
It’s going to be Biden/Warren going into the election.
I think you are right.
Captain Obvious to the #BLM courtesy phone...
“Pray America wakes...”
The thick skulls of Progressives are only penetrated by appeals from the dark side.
IMHO
. . . to announce her candidacy for president - she got a little bump last time
In the modern era ( since 1972) NO candidate of either party has gone on to win the nomination without winning either Iowa or NH.
Hillary's going to get shellacked in NH,, and Iowa's a dead heat...but the trend line is against her..her support is crumbling.
The past is not a guarantor of the future, but yet, as we all know, those who forget it are doomed to repeat it..She could be finished in a few weeks.
I think Biden was bought off with promise of high dollar impressive-titled position with the Clinton Foundation starting early in 2017. Give a few speaches and make big bucks instead of enduring the stress of a presidential campaign.
If you are practical and not power-hungry, it is the logical choioe to bank some of that Crime Family Fondation cash while taking it easy as a Senior Statesman.
Warren maybe in at some point, but Biden stays on the sidelines. My $0.02.
In the modern era ( since 1972) NO candidate of either party has gone on to win the nomination without winning either Iowa or NH.
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Bill Clinton did it.
How can this be? Isn’t hillary klintoon “the world’s smartest woman”?
She and the other “progressives” think she is.
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