After Saturday's whuppin' in South Carolina, will the Hillary campaign finally snap the muzzle down on Bill? Or has Big Dawg strayed completely out of control?
No question that as much as Slick Willie boosted Hill's campaign in New Hampshire and Nevada, he went a mound of dung too far in South Carolina. His shameful rampage against Obama, the latest episode coming in his implication that the Hillary's chief rival, started ticking off not only the political and media elites, but it also set off a ground-level backlash that directly contributed to Saturday's lopsided results.
The more Bill barked, the greater the number of voters who started reaching for the pepper spray.
I claim no special insight into the Hillary campaign. I can only pass along the sweaty beads of info that trickle out. Just as many people inside the campaign tell me that coordination between Bill and Hill couldn't be tighter and more closely calibrated as tell me the complete opposite: that Bill's in veritable political heat, that his verbal rutting is beyond anyone's control.
Clinton, or better said, the Clintons were expected to lose South Carolina but not by the crushing 2 to 1 margin that resulted. It was expected that Hillary would win more votes among white men than Obama. But not just by the meager single points in the final tally.
The definitive chapter in the Democratic primary now opens and will most likely culminate during the 22 state showdown on February 5. Until Saturday's crushing defeat in South Carolina, Clinton -with superior organization and institutional firewalls--was heavily favored in Super Tuesday mega-states of California, New York and New Jersey. Some of that confidence went up in smoke in the aftermath of Saturday's Palmetto State Massacre.
Hillary's handlers must now calculate quite precisely just how much more Bill Clinton should be deployed in these crucial next two weeks. Or how much he should be muzzled. Or if they even have a say in the matter.
Bill Clinton was, surely, a president who enjoyed great popularity. But also great scorn.
Use 'em, or lose 'em?
And only "birds of a feather flock together"!
And that is EXACTLY what Hillary is doing. Make no mistake about it!
Besides, Obama has all his attack dogs lined up, including his mini-Pincher wife who has all the charm of Condi Rice-meets-Omarosa.
We all know the Obama camp is worried about the Hillary camp, and they've found a scapegoat on which to dogpile: Bill.
Good luck on that.
If Obama gets past Hillary, the GOP will eviscerate him on just two points: his middle name and his no-account Muslim daddy.
Game, set, match.
Is Barack talking about issues? No. He claims if we join his personality cult, and believe he has superior judgement, we can win. And that is all that matters - right?
While my husband and I led very different lives than the Clintons, we came from the same time. Yes, I trained young men with college degrees to be my boss. I was the second woman ever allowed to become a member in the downtown Seattle Lions Club. It was a big deal. Then came our female senator - a mother in sneakers and another and finally a governor.
This is why, the idea of a "Woman President" is so exciting to me. Finally..finally..finally.. What a legacy to leave our girls...there...we did it...and So Can You!
So, it is with heavy heart that I cannot support Hillary's candidacy. Hillary is not "the one" whom we have eagerly awaited. The first woman president will not come from my generation.
It is time to turn the page and pass the guantlet.
This man, Obama has stirred the nation's heart to reach past the barriers of the past and begin a new chapter for America. Transcending issues of race or gender, he has brought hope and empowerment, to a new generation of democrats.
This is a "good thing".
For the sake of our girls, I will wait.
The Dirty-Tactics are to take Bill Clinton DOWN. Hillary can WIN against the republicans and that's what they are most afraid of.
No one else has the power the Clintons have and that's who KARL HEIN ROVE and his henchmen want to take out of the picture.
I support John Edwards, but the media has totally ignored him and focused on Hillary and Obama. In terms of Bill, he should back off - way off. He could have been a big help to Hillary, but he is so self-absorbed and self-righteous (smarmy, even) that he starts frothing at the mouth with indignation that anyone would get in their way. Give me a break!