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Hillary Clinton: The Democrats’ Worst Enemy

by Orato | May 22, 2008 at 02:49 pm | 126 views | 3 comments | 0 recommendations

A couple weeks ago I heard Dick Morris (a former top adviser to Bill Clinton) opine that Hillary Clinton’s continued presence in the Democratic presidential race was no longer about winning the nomination but was rather aimed at weakening Barack Obama so much that he loses the general election, thereby giving Clinton a chance to take on an aging John McCain in 2012. At the time, I didn’t give much credence to this argument. It just seemed too cynical, even for someone as unprincipled as Hillary Clinton. But in light of recent developments, I am no longer so sure that this is not exactly what she has in mind.

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René

at 15:24 on May 22nd, 2008

Wrong. The Democrats Worst Enemy is the Media, the national news organizations. A Race is a Race is a Race, with Race thrown in.

Karen Hatter

at 08:16 on May 23rd, 2008

I'm unsure about the scenario you've mentioned, Orato, but there does seem to be movement among various forces that appear to want the front runner, the expected, presumptive Democratic nominee, backed by all the criteria named during this process, to cede the lead to allow the second place runner to be selected as the nominee, with a variety of reasons being offered why the front runner will be unelectable in the fall.