Posted on 05/14/2015 7:21:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hillary Clinton has taken no public position on the trade promotion authority bill everyone in Washington is talking about, and which has thrown Democrats into such paroxysms of back-stabbiness that even the Washington Post has compared their infighting to that of, gasp!, Republicans.
Can we imagine for a moment a Republican attempting to run for office just not taking a position on such a large issue? Such a candidate would be mocked within an inch of his or her life. Hell, they all have to positions on attendance at hypothetical gay weddings and the hypothetical catering thereof.
Mark Halperin and that other guy whose name starts with H on Bloomberg called it a “lack of leadership,” but also posit it’s smart politics for her to stay out of it. Sure it is, but only because no aggressive, hostile press corps is pressing her people on it every second of every day until she makes herself or her opinion available, as would certainly be the case if she were a Republican. And, that’s fair. It shouldn’t make for good politics to completely avoid taking a position on an issue of importance because the press should beat you with your “lack of leadership” until you say something.
Somebody’s afraid of Warren and the Washington Post took her to task for her transparency:
Ms. Clinton’s dash for the tall grass is transparently inconsistent with the position she embraced as Mr. Obama’s secretary of state. “Our hope is that a TPP agreement with high standards can serve as a benchmark for future agreements — and grow to serve as a platform for broader regional interaction and eventually a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific,” she wrote in an October 2011 cover story for Foreign Policy magazine. Indeed, given this well-known record, her avoidance now rather insults the electorate’s intelligence.
With the president’s agenda embattled in the Senate, this would be a good time for Ms. Clinton to abandon her political caution and speak up for what she said so recently were her principles. In refusing to take a stand, Ms. Clinton is not only abandoning the president she once served but also missing an opportunity to help define the values of the party she would lead in November 2016.
Meanwhile un-running for president might not be all it’s cracked up to be if Gallup numbers are any indication. The needle, it moves:
PRINCETON, N.J. — Hillary Clinton’s favorable rating from the American people has been steady — near 50% — all spring, but her unfavorable rating has inched higher and is now 46%, up from 39% in March. At the same time, the percentage of Americans with no impression of the former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state has gone down.
The last three months have been an important time for Clinton. Since officially launching her presidential campaign in mid-April, she has been deflecting criticism of her exclusive use of a private email address while secretary of state, and more recently, partisan charges of possible conflicts of interest stemming from the Clinton Foundation’s reliance on foreign donors. Separately, Clinton is scheduled to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi next week.
Actually, she probably won’t even do that.
I think it’s completely appropriate that the words “Hillary” and “tick” are used together in the title.
Hillary is starting to aggravate the MSM because she’s not willing to be interviewed. Indeed, the MSM started to pick up warning signs during the first week of her campaign, when that van tour through Iowa essentially turned into a major public-relations fiasco.
Hillary has answered 8 question from the press in the last 30 days. Compare that to the hundreds of questions asked of every GOP candidates.
She has an interesting “strategy.” I think it will work for when the real politicking begins she will simply wail ‘that’s old news’ and her mind numb robots will vote for her.
And just in general terms, don’t candidates for office want to be on TV, have the media cover their events, and also do interviews? All of that is part of getting their message, whatever the message is, out to the public.
Hillary has 100% name recognition, so doesn’t have that issue to deal with. But, I’m sure many people wonder what her platform is, why she is running, what her issues are.
Part of what is going on, I think, is that Hillary is a terrible politician. She doesn’t like the give and take of politics, doesn’t speak very well, doesn’t enjoy doing speeches, doesn’t like the campaign appearances and events which happen. Her husband is the exact opposite.
As this goes on, I think more people will perceive her an an entitled (blank), who thinks she is entitled to a coronation, and not one who has to go out and campaign for our votes.
But as sure as the sun rises, the first interview that Hillary! grants will have the MSM on their backs exposing their soft bellies, asking such substantiative questions as “Please tell us about your new grandchild...”, or “how have you been enjoying your time off?”, etc., etc.
The media will NEVER turn an Hilly.
Hillary drops like a rock in the polls when she is seen and heard. Of course, knowing that, she isn’t going to put that fact on display unnecessarily, when she has no viable competition.
As for the sycophant media, she knows very well they will certainly come around in the clinch.
Hillary may not be in very good shape physically or mentally. She seems foggy and has already proven she can muff her lines and is very dull on the issues. I think she may be in some kind of training to even make this second ill fated run at the presidency. Her timing is off and she is terrible on her feet. Just dull.
She thought the same thing in 2008 and Obama beat the snot out of her.
Bernie Sanders and Lincoln Chafee represent nothing more than token opposition to Hillary. However, if Martin O’Malley announces his candidacy on May 30th, as has been reported, Hillary will be in big trouble. After his announcement, he should immediately make himself accessible to the press. If Hillary decides to remain aloof, it will frustrate the media even further, driving them towards O’Malley, This will force Hillary out into the open, where people will see just how vulnerable and unqualified she really is.
Hillary is doing exactly what she needs to go in order to not get attacked - keeping her mouth shut. If a politician is moving their lips, they are lying. The American people and the press will forget about all her scandals when the election is closer. The right needs to keep her scandals on the front burner FOREVER!
agreed. NEVER!.. .MSM will whine and complain a bit, but as soon as the real campaign starts, they will trot out all the above the fold stories about our candidates..small slip ups, gotcha answers, old arrests, etc.
so sick of all this...tuning it out for now.
Is Hillary running for President or from President?
Issues will not matter as her campaign will be one of identity politics" "It's a womans turn." will be the mantra.
That pic — For a moment I thought Hillary was caressing Bruce Jenner’s face :)
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