shawa
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 Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: Writer re Kerry: No new revelations to divulge. |
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This writer seems to think JK no longer has any baggage to attack, as if he has cleared all charges from 2004 campaign. (emphasis mine)
Herald-Dispatch
| Quote: | Mark A. Caserta: Clinton won't win Democratic presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton will not be the Democratic nominee for the 2008 Presidential election.
Allow me to explain.
First, any person who thinks John Kerry has gone silently away into the sunset after failing to win the presidency upon his first attempt is sadly mistaken. Kerry has been positioning himself for another run at the presidency since Nov. 3, 2004.
Second, the Democrats see 2008 as payback time. They've been out of power, and they are not going to waste the opportunity for retribution by nominating someone such as Hillary Clinton who has more unopened baggage, politically speaking, than the Oakland A's hotel rooms at the 1990 World Series sweep by the Cincinnati Reds.
The Republicans spent an inordinate amount of time and money opening every closet that Kerry owns right down to his sock drawer. There would be no new revelations to divulge to the American people.
Kerry's aspirations for the presidency sunk directly to the bottom; however, the bottom at least could be a firm foundation on which to build a campaign.
Clinton, on the other hand, would open up an entirely new line of offensive strategy for the Republicans and that, coupled with the risk of entertaining a female candidate, is enough to scare away even the toughest poker-faced Democrat. The reality is they would end up spending millions of dollars defending their candidate's history versus getting the message of the Democratic Party to the masses, whatever that message may end up being.
Frankly, they've been down that road too often.
The Democratic bean counters know that although Kerry lost in 2004, he still gathered 59 million votes, or 48 percent in the process. Bill Clinton only garnered 47 million, or 49 percent, in his 1996 win over Bob Dole. We did, of course, have the third party spoiler in Ross Perot, which isn't likely to repeat itself any time soon, but the numbers are intriguing and too large for the party to ignore.
Clinton has no chance of drawing 59 million votes in the 2008 election, and even Howard Dean will figure that out. Nor does she stand a chance of picking up the swing votes needed to ensure victory.
Victory alone, however, isn't enough for the Dems in 2008. They're fighting mad, and they want desperately to run up the score. Plan on seeing far more time and money spent supporting every Democratic candidate who has a chance in the trenches.
The Democrats have been scathed to the core in the past two presidential elections and have never gotten over the embarrassment of Bill Clinton. They feel cheated, and they are frothing at the mouth for a landslide victory in this election, and they will field the best team possible in hopes of capitalizing on the woes of the Republicans during the last year.
The most intriguing question for me still remains to be answered: Will anyone worthy of the confrontation rise from the Republican Party?
Thank goodness we have a long way to go. |
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“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” (Thomas Paine, 1776) |
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