Posted on 05/30/2003 2:38:11 PM PDT by kattracks
The decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to keep a high profile going into next year's presidential campaign amounts to a "conscious effort" by the former first couple to make sure that no Democrat wins the White House in 2004.
That's the stunning assessment from political strategist Dick Morris, who said Thursday that the Clintons actually want to see Bush re-elected so he can retire just when Mrs. Clinton is ready to run for the White House herself in 2008.
"There is a conscious effort going on by the Clintons to distract attention from the current field of candidates," Morris told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity. "They do not want a Democrat to win in '04."
"They want Bush to be re-elected," the former Clinton adviser explained. "And that way they want Hillary to be able to run for an open seat."
"If Bush lost and a Democrat were elected, then obviously [Hillary] would have to support him in '08," he noted.
"She couldn't run until 2012. She'd be 65 years old and would have been out of office for 12 years. It's kind of hard at that point to keep the bloom on the rose and be able to run."
Morris said that Bill Clinton wants to maintain his role as spokesman for the Democratic Party so he can "trivialize and minimize the Democratic candidates" and thereby keep the Oval Office open for Hillary.
Another indication that the former first couple would like to see their own party defeated in the next presidential election, said Morris, is the fact that "[Clinton's] big fund-raising guns have not signed up with any of these other guys."
Democratic strategist Susan Estrich offered partial support for Morris' theory last week, complaining that the Clintons were actually hurting other Democratic presidential candidates with their high-profile antics.
"The Clintons suck up every bit of the available air," the one-time Dukakis campaign manager observed. "Nothing is left for anyone else. They are big, too big. That's the problem."
"The 2004 candidates need a chance to get some attention," she added. "Could somebody please tell [the Clintons] to shut up?"
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here in March ...(post 28)
He's referring to her age, not her hip measurement.
...more from that March link... "If a favorite other than Sharpton doesn't become obvious by late fall, look for a strong effort to draft Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton."
"The Iowa Democratic Party," says the magazine's "Washington Whispers" column, "is already thinking that. We hear it wants Clinton as the featured speaker at an annual fall event--an invite that's irked Sen. John Kerry."
Or, she's the Picture of Dorian Gray. Bill doesn't age a bit, but Hillary! gets older and meaner by the day.
Or, it's like that Star Trek TNG episode where Troi becomes a recepticle for an ambassador who channels his negative thought into her, making her old and shrewish.
-PJ
Well, I didn't have to scroll far to find the reply I planned to make! LOL
Reclusive freedom fighter, Usama bin Laden, threw his towel into the ring today, announcing he would seek the 2004 Democratic Party nomination for President. "I cannot trust the other nine candidates to put an end to the reign of the terrorist, George W. Bush. I must do this myself, Allah willing," bin Laden said, from an undisclosed location.
From your keyboard to God's ears.
Note to M. Dowdy - my use of . . . does NOT change the intent of the comments.
The clintons are bloodsucking parasites!
YAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAH!
Dont even say that!!
She wouldn't be able to haul her rear onto Air Force One.
I can't stand the sight or sound of either Clinton!
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