[cpdiii]

She will run in this election cycle. Her logic is the following:
1. Save the Dems from disaster with Dean
2. Make a respectable showing but probably lose against
Bush.
3. Inherit the mantel of power of the Democrate party and
make her real run in 2008.
4. All the time pray for some horrible disaster to hit the
United States (Terrorism nuke, bio or chem) and then
blame Bush and thus perhaps make it 2004.

Hillary is in and she is running. Dean will start savaging her in the next two months. Never under estimate this evil creature. Never forget the burning of Brunstag and what that brought to power in Germany. They both use the same political methods.

[rockinonritalin]

I think 3 and 4 are right. However, I believe a Dean disaster in 2004 is in Hillary's best interest. Also, a loss to Bush in 2004 would not necessarily help her in 2008. Remember, she will not be able to run a "silent" campaign for the presidency, like she did in the NY Senate race. A campaign for the presidency will significantly raise her negatives across the country. Also, the more time she can put between 9/11 and her run for the presidency, the better. She can only win if Americans begin to forget and take their focus off of national security. In this sense, I think no major terrorist attacks in a Bush 2nd term would actually help Hillary.

Again, just my view. I just can't see how it would benefit Hillary to run now, even with the Democrat candidates facing disaster. I don't believe she would fare any better right now.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

What if she has her friends hit the CONUS with a terror attack before the election?

She could strut out in her new brown pantsuit with the crooked cross jewelry and her gleaming jackboots and declare;

"The streets of our cities are in turmoil. The students are rioting on the universities. We need law and order!
Without it we can not survive!"


Zig Hielery!